Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users
by etaioinshrdlu on Friday May 08, 2026 @06:55PM
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I think the font is mimicking old Apple ads, eg: https://i.insider.com/5bf8592eb73c284de50e2f28
Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users
by dakolli on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:47PM
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Ahh, that makes sense.
Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users
by alexspring on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:22PM
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Yep. They got hacked in the past, 1k+ smartphones reported.
The cost is the attestation keys of a real phone. Once it gets burned, the phone is useless to them.
https://www.penligent.ai/hackinglabs/inside-the-ai-phone-far...
Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users
by dakolli on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:37PM
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Interesting article, thanks. I've done a bit of small scale phone farming (for my own cheap mobile proxies). In all reality the phones aren't that expensive, I went with Moto 5gs that cost $130 (retail), so in their case the phones pay for themselves in the first month.
Probably a decent amount of compute cost for video generation, but I'm sure they have access to free compute and inference for being in bed with a16z.
Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users
by Velocifyer on Saturday May 09, 2026 @07:37AM
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If you are OK with carrier locks (eg if you don't need cell service) and are in the USA, you can actually get mot 5Gs for $30 at walmart. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Motorola-Moto-g-202...
Re:Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users
by dr_kiszonka on Saturday May 09, 2026 @02:05AM
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Reckless Condensed?
Also $1,500 a month for 10 "influencers" is wild. This doesn't seem that sophisticated unless they're doing something special to increase trust scores of accounts. They say they have "in house warming algorithm" which honestly doesn't inspire confidence for me.
Whats funny is its almost a certainty (if they are doing things correctly) that they have literal farms of phones (probably in SEA). The only real way to keep trust high is to have a real mobile connection and unique devices. Proxies are okay, but you really need to use the apps on real hardware.