I get why they're doing this, and nobody here is proposing something better. But that doesn't mean I'll do it. Would rather just not use the website. That's not an option for them, but it's an option for me.

Would also accept having to pay a small amount of cryptocurrency to use a site/service, but that's only suitable for DDoS or mass bot protection, not proof of being human.

Finding additional ways to waste more of people’s time on the web isn’t a good solution to anything. Doing so in a privacy invading way from a company that has a vested interest in collecting as much data as possible, exhausting all utility from it and butters its bread in an industry which specifically is built around disrespecting the time of other people is just never going to fly.

Like seriously, if I have to turn on a camera to get through a recaptcha then the website doing it can fuck right the hell off with extreme prejudice. My web browser is not allowed to access my cameras for any reason, no exceptions.

Well, actually I am worried about it. It needs to happen just once. Or for google to have a different kind of CEO (as companies are wont to).

>this captcha method might hold for a couple of months

So stripping away user privacy even more is justified for implementing an already obsolete verification method?

> Not sure what problem everybody here is having with this.

For starters, it's extremely invasive (camera on to pay a bill - wtf?), has unclear privacy implications and questionable accessibility (to put it mildly).

Is it okay if I show my penis. I've checked and the fingerprint scanner also registers my ballsack correctly.