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jbz

🍪 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

pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/a-

PC Gamer · 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 GoogleBy Ted Litchfield
#captchas#tracking#privacy
Feb 13, 2025, 06:00 AM·Public
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Dr. Juande Santander-Vela

@jbz of course they are… and they are not optional. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Craig Rochansky

@jbz Nah, I don't believe it. Google has about 2 billion users, so it it were true, the average user would have spent 409 hours clocking on captchas. I haven't. Have you?

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frankie (auto-rebootable)

@gpk
ya, those estimated numbers seem sus;
also, almost a trillion dollars is profit? 🤔

@jbz

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Alex

@gpk @jbz that would be about 617 captchas a week. That's gotta be off by 1 or 2 orders of magnitude unless they're including robot solvers.

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Nina Cried Power

@jbz

"A 2020 episode of the BBC’s QI panel show shed light on this hidden functionality. As host Sandi Toksvig explained, clicking the box isn’t the test itself – it’s the green light for the website to scrutinize your digital footprint"

wonderfulengineering.com/this-

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Orlando 🇲🇽 :linux: :julia: ⁂

@jbz something also pointed by @Felienne recently... I wonder who thought we deserve the name "homo sapiens" ... :blobthinkingeyes:

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Björn Lindström

@jbz 819 billion hours sounded like it was too much. And it was. 🙂

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Alex

@jbz Every large tech company wants to do the salami slicing plot from superman 3.

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