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News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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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News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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 million hours clicking on traffic lights to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google

www.pcgamer.com

Is that good?

Not just tracking cookies, but browser fingerprinting.

Not just Google, but now Cloudflare.

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How much is rent for one of those fuckers though?
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