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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 13 days ago

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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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 13 days ago

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

www.pcgamer.com

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Turnstile is worse. Its just an infinite loop. Literally clicking for hours

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