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CAPTCHAs: 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service'

Article 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/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43002440

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