Privacy-First Human Verification Without Big Tech

C7/10May 20, 2026
WhatA CAPTCHA and human-verification service that proves users are human without requiring a Google or Apple device, using privacy-preserving cryptographic attestation.
SignalCommenters report that Google's reCAPTCHA increasingly refuses to verify users who don't have certified Android or Apple devices, effectively locking out privacy-conscious users and alternative browser/OS users from the web entirely.
Why NowDevice attestation requirements are tightening across the web while privacy regulation and user backlash against Big Tech gatekeeping are both intensifying — the gap between verified-human and privacy is now a real market.
MarketWebsite operators who need bot protection but don't want to exclude privacy-conscious users; competitors are Cloudflare Turnstile and hCaptcha, but neither fully solves the device-attestation lock-in problem.
MoatTrust and integration — once sites adopt and users register attestation credentials, switching costs are high; building a large enough anonymity set for the cryptographic approach creates a data moat.
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