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A 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 Google (www.pcgamer.com)
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A 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 Google (www.pcgamer.com)
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2023 study concluded CAPTCHAs 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service' (www.pcgamer.com)
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Somewhat late news

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CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google (www.pcgamer.com)
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Not just tracking cookies, but browser fingerprinting.

Not just Google, but now Cloudflare.

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CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google (www.pcgamer.com)
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