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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 4 months ago

CAPTCHAs: 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service'

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CAPTCHAs: 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service'

www.pcgamer.com

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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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