I also disable Bluetooth on my phone every few months (and never enable it)... or at least after every CCC or such.
replyWe might need to redo this whole Internet thing because this is insanity.
replyMaybe it’s time to get in to Ham radio or some other hobby
replyYes. The technical name for this FIDO2 QR code flow is caBLE (Cloud Assisted Bluetooth Low Energy).
replyIn a free market, the content provider is free to put whatever guardrails they feel appropriate. Loginwall, Paywall, CaptchaWall.
replyIf you don't like that provider, you are free to pick another.
I'm not 'free' to pick another government site. There is only one.
reply1. Free markets do not exist
reply2. If free markets did exist they would not conform to the theory that people are using when they think of what free markets are, since people do behave rationally, power dynamics are real, and no consumer can have all of the information needed to make rational decisions even if that information were available
3. The market is providing solutions to its own failures without fixing the underlying failures because it is more profitable this way. Is buying something from a company that mitigates a problem created by the same company actually a free market, or is it just extraction?