☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 26 days agoA 2023 study concluded CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service' that wasted 819 million hours of people's time to generate nearly $1 trillion for Googlewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmygrad.mlhackernews@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.bestiver.senews@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkA 2023 study concluded CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service' that wasted 819 million hours of people's time to generate nearly $1 trillion for Googlewww.pcgamer.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square1fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmygrad.mlhackernews@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.bestiver.senews@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squarepizzaboi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoWe dropped them for good old blocklists, and so far we’ve actually seen less spam for our clients.
