Google Can't Claim Innocence Anymore https://techlore.tv/videos/watch/0f9ad590-723d-49ef-93fa-96de83a1941a Google's new reCAPTCHA can require Google Play Services to pass, meaning a de-Googled phone will fail the "are you human?" check. Combined with mandatory developer verification and AOSP going private, the pattern over the last year is impossible to ignore. Here's what I think it means for Android, custom ROMs, and the open-source community that built this whole ecosystem. 🔒 A portion of the video is sponsored by Proton. Switch from Big Tech surveillance to end-to-end encryption that puts you in the front seat: https://go.getproton.me/SH12O 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS • reCAPTCHA Update: https://piunikaweb.com/2026/05/07/google-recaptcha-play-services-requirement/ • KeepAndroidOpen: https://keepandroidopen.org/ 🔎 RELATED VIDEOS https://youtu.be/RPc869MO86k https://youtu.be/5MZfGq5F1NU 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE • Become a Techlorian: https://techlore.tech/support/#/portal/signup • All Support Methods: https://techlore.tech/support/ 🔐 MORE FROM TECHLORE • Homepage & Newsletter: https://techlore.tech • Our Course, Go Incognito: https://techlore.tech/go-incognito-course/ • Privacy Tools: https://privacytools.techlore.tech/ • VPN Comparison Chart: https://vpn.techlore.tech/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 WHAT GOOGLE IS DOING 00:30 NEW RECAPTCHA EXPLAINED 01:50 THE UNDENIABLE PATTERN 04:58 OUR SPONSOR: PROTON 06:02 WHERE WE GO FROM HERE #google #android #keepandroidopen Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:44:10 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.zalasur.media Google Can't Claim Innocence Anymore https://peertube.zalasur.media/lazy-static/avatars/4cf5b6ea-5940-4f71-9a9c-8c7935852e63.png https://techlore.tv/videos/watch/0f9ad590-723d-49ef-93fa-96de83a1941a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.zalasur.media/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. <![CDATA[Google Can't Claim Innocence Anymore - MrMoon]]> https://peertube.zalasur.media/w/2VLg3in4fLeWYQV5xZu1RQ;threadId=32502 https://peertube.zalasur.media/w/2VLg3in4fLeWYQV5xZu1RQ;threadId=32502 Mon, 11 May 2026 00:21:14 GMT go Proton, sponsor Techlore more ❤️

]]> MrMoon <![CDATA[Google Can't Claim Innocence Anymore - zetabeta]]> https://peertube.zalasur.media/w/2VLg3in4fLeWYQV5xZu1RQ;threadId=32495 https://peertube.zalasur.media/w/2VLg3in4fLeWYQV5xZu1RQ;threadId=32495 Sun, 10 May 2026 17:31:27 GMT @henry this just sounds scary. alphabet inc already has lot of control over internet through google ads, google adsense, analytics, search, google account, google play and others. now this "captcha" connection to google account or google play services. it starts to sounds like "world domination" and almost total internet surveillance tracking.

this needs to be stopped.

]]> zetabeta <![CDATA[Google Can't Claim Innocence Anymore - Tai]]> https://peertube.zalasur.media/w/2VLg3in4fLeWYQV5xZu1RQ;threadId=32493 https://peertube.zalasur.media/w/2VLg3in4fLeWYQV5xZu1RQ;threadId=32493 Sun, 10 May 2026 13:38:53 GMT Thanks for covering this. I thought I was going crazy when I first encountered this about 3 days ago. I tried using my GrapheneOS phone without Google Play Services, but of course that wouldn't work. (Currently signs indicate right now that Installing sandboxed Google Play Services will make this new form of reCAPTCHA function, but please double check this and don't quote me on that.)

Hopefully these trends will encourage some sort of fork of Android/some other mobile OS to emerge so that we (at least in North America) have to choose between Apple or Google, like choosing between a rock and a hard place.

]]> Tai <![CDATA[Google Can't Claim Innocence Anymore - Joshua Mason (DFX4509B)]]> https://peertube.zalasur.media/w/2VLg3in4fLeWYQV5xZu1RQ;threadId=32488 https://peertube.zalasur.media/w/2VLg3in4fLeWYQV5xZu1RQ;threadId=32488 Sun, 10 May 2026 00:26:23 GMT This is gonna screw over desktops too. Also, it'll screw Linux phones as well.

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