Tag: CAPTCHAs
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Hacker News: CAPTCHAs: ‘a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service’
Source URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/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-usd1-trillion-for-google/ Source: Hacker News Title: CAPTCHAs: ‘a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service’ Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study from UC Irvine critically evaluates Google’s reCAPTCHA v2, highlighting its inefficacy in preventing bot traffic while raising significant privacy concerns. The findings indicate that reCAPTCHA…