El sáb., 7 de nov. de 2020 a la(s) 18:22, Carl Schwan (c...@carlschwan.eu) escribió: > > Hello folks, > Tobias and I are developing a KDE matrix client using Kirigami > and other KDE frameworks called NeoChat. This is a fork of another > QML and now unmaintained Matrix client named Spectral. > > Tobias is currently implementing the account registration API > and we found out that even if it isn't mandatory in the matrix > spec, it is required to add ReCaptcha for connecting to most > of the Matrix server (including kde.org, matrix.org and other > major matrix servers). > > From a technical point of view, this would be quite painful to > implement (adding a dependency to QtWebEngine) but most > importantly this would require adding integration into a service > that is not privacy-friendly, proprietary and monopolist. This > is something that we think goes against the value of KDE. But at > the same time, making it possible to register an account directly > from NeoChat is something that is quite important in the user > experience. > > So my questions to the community would be to know if there are > already some precedent of KDE apps adding supports for ReCaptcha > and if this is a good idea to support it? > > Thanks in advance for your answers, > Cheers, > Carl and Tobias >
Does Matrix really require "recaptcha"? I thought it had a protocol for "whatever login/security mechanism the homeserver gives you, as a webpage link". -- Nicolás