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   The Register (theregister@geeknews.chat)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 18:14:32 JST The Register

   Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit

   Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them Google promotes its reCAPTCHA service as a security mechanism for websites, but researchers affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, argue it's harvesting information while extracting human labor worth billi…
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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 20:07:08 JST Aral Balkan

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     • GhostOnTheHalfShell

     @theregister @GhostOnTheHalfShell I’m shocked, shocked, that a factory farm for human beings is farming… *checks notes* human beings.

     #PeopleFarming #BigTech #Google #surveillance #capitalism