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

www.pcgamer.com

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[email protected]English • 3 days ago

A 2023 study concluded CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service' that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking on traffic lights to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google

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Is that good?

Not just tracking cookies, but browser fingerprinting.

Not just Google, but now Cloudflare.

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how do you tell by doing that?
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  If you click on the wrong stuff and it lets you through then it’s training.
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    Exactly. Or they gave up on you. But that’s unlikely.

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