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#reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits
#Google acquired reCAPTCHA in 2009 and used it to digitize #GoogleBooks and improve #GoogleStreetView by processing photos of street signs and house numbers.
By 2025, reCAPTCHA is easily defeated by bots. Yet Google continues to offer it because reCAPTCHA has evolved into a tracking tool that collects user data and generates billions in revenue for Google
boingboing.net/2025/02/07/reca

I was about to make a #donation to #signal, a #FOSS #software, but at the last step I've seen that it is protected by #reCAPTCHA, which is a #Google service.

I do not want to accept Google's #privacy policy, that's why I'm using Signal and not #whatsapp or others #GAFAM services. So unfortunately, if I cannot avoid Google to make a donation to Signal, I will avoid the donation.

Why is the donation service protected by Google?

Please, #help to make my message heard by @signalapp : change your donation system, really please. I want to support you... Kindly.

Retoots and reposts are welcome :)

→ reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits
boingboing.net/2025/02/07/reca

“By 2025, reCAPTCHA is easily defeated by bots. Yet Google continues to offer it because reCAPTCHA has evolved into a tracking tool that collects user data and generates billions in revenue for Google […]”

#human#time#profits

« #reCAPTCHA : 819 millions d'heures humaines perdues et des milliards de dollars de profits pour #Google. »

« On peut conclure que le véritable objectif de reCAPTCHAv2 est d'être une ferme de cookies de traçage à but lucratif se faisant passer pour un service de sécurité ».

« Google a réussi un tour de force : faire passer une extraction massive de travail humain pour une simple mesure de cybersécurité. »

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«Google's widely-used [re]CAPTCHA system is primarily a mechanism for tracking user behavior and collecting data while providing little actual security against bots. The study revealed that reCAPTCHA extensively monitors users' cookies, browsing history, and browser environment (including canvas rendering, screen resolution, mouse movements, and user-agent data) — all of which can be used for advertising and tracking purposes.»

#Google
#Captcha
#Recaptcha
#Security

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