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ooli2@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 个月前

CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google

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CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google

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ooli2@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 个月前
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A 2023 study concluded CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service' that made us spend 819 million hours clicking on traffic lights to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google
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  • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Cloudflare turnstile is also the only captcha system that works ok with most browsers and adblockers.

    Especially Google recaptcha freaks out if you use Firefox or an adblocker or anything and asks you the hardest possible questions.

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      That’s a feature, not a bug.

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        Anticompetitive feature!

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      Better than not asking you any questions and just going in an infinite loop!

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        If your getting looped by turnstile maybe you need to stop being a bot?

        Literally never had an issue with it.

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          Its a false positive. That’s the point.

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