Are you using Googles reCAPTCHA on your website? Now is the time to stop. https://theintercept.com/2018/03/06/google-is-quietly-providing-ai-technology-for-drone-strike-targeting-project/
Is there a great FLOSS alternative for this type of thing? Please let me know!
the keyword "reCAPTCHA" does not appear in the article even once and reCAPTCHA does not even help with AI research, it just looks for a mouse movement event
the actual approach to not supporting google involves not using *any* of their services
this means you should throw any android phone you have in the trash and not use gmail or chrome or any other google software or service
@kaniini technically, you can overwrite the OS with a Google-free one like LineageOS if the device is supported and use apps that don't rely on the Google Play framework like F-Droid has
@ddipaola @kaniini Yes, I use Lineage. And most apps, also from Google Play Store (which I install from Yalp Store or one of the many other third party app stores) do not actually need Google Play Services to work. And when I'm in contact with app developers I tell them to make sure it works without.
Or you know, you could just do nothing and complain online about those who do at least something…
@forteller ah. My impression was that the SDK pushed apps to rely on Play Services so I figured not depending on it was rare. Good to know!
@ddipaola Well, I'm not the kind of person to install a million apps, but so far I've only come across a few that don't work. Mostly if payment is involved. Some times also the app works, but doesn't show you a map (because it uses Google Maps trough GPServices, I guess)
