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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 months ago

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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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

@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 months ago
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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 billion hours clicking on traffic lights to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google
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    11•5 months ago

    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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      6•5 months ago

      That’s a feature, not a bug.

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        3•5 months ago

        Anticompetitive feature!

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      2•5 months ago

      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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          2•5 months ago

          Its a false positive. That’s the point.

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