“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsApp. The answer is no.”

Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp... by cgio on Friday August 06, 2021 @09:25PM (#28094816)

You hit a nerve. I have to go through two reCaptchas to prove that I am not a robot so that I can pay my children’s school activities. Why would they care if I am a robot that wants to pay them? For some time checking in for COVID in NSW Aus took 3 reCaptchas if you were in private mode on your browser. Similar in many government services where they are pervasive and injected right in the middle of potentially very private workflows.

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Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp... by leesalminen on Friday August 06, 2021 @11:26PM (#28095422)

> Why would they care if I am a robot that wants to pay them?

I’ve seen scammers find obscure payment portals and run through a bunch of card numbers to see if they approve/deny. Recaptcha prevents that. It’s obviously not the only way, but it’s low dev effort and it works.

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Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp... by withinboredom on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:30AM (#28097185)

This is an easy fix. Just require being signed in and only allow payment with a valid child attached to the account. You can allow anonymous payments only if you have a valid child account code.

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Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp... by MertsA on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:49AM (#28097270)

>Why would they care if I am a robot that wants to pay them?

Because payment systems that allow for cheap transactions are often leveraged to test stolen credit card data before making a transaction in person.

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