Omer@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoSpez (Reddit CEO) just put out an announcement talking about how they'll verify bots vs humans. Get ready for a wave of new users into the Fediverse pretty soon!www.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square278linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSpez (Reddit CEO) just put out an announcement talking about how they'll verify bots vs humans. Get ready for a wave of new users into the Fediverse pretty soon!www.reddit.comOmer@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square278linkfedilink
minus-squareOmen777@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI think the first time someone had the idea of doing this to verify if you are not a bot is on YouTube 4-5 years ago (I’m not sure) At least YouTube allows you to verify without giving any sort of data
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIf you upload on youtube then you need a google account. Which requires a phone number on a real smartphone.
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI certainly don’t have my phone number associated with my Google account. Maybe grandfathered in, though?
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoNot sure but you can try to make an account if you want but it asks you for a phone number and it pops up a button to send some system request to the phone so it’s not even a regular sms message it like sends it through some kind of system api
I think the first time someone had the idea of doing this to verify if you are not a bot is on YouTube 4-5 years ago (I’m not sure)
At least YouTube allows you to verify without giving any sort of data
If you upload on youtube then you need a google account. Which requires a phone number on a real smartphone.
I certainly don’t have my phone number associated with my Google account. Maybe grandfathered in, though?
Since when?
Not sure but you can try to make an account if you want but it asks you for a phone number and it pops up a button to send some system request to the phone so it’s not even a regular sms message it like sends it through some kind of system api