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Tired of proving you’re not a robot? Say goodbye to Captcha boxes. (wapo.st)

submitted 1 year ago by Peaces@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] CactusFog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Captchas also compromise your privacy. When you run across a Captcha, the technology might keep a permanent record of your phone or computer identity that can track everywhere you go online.

Humans also fiddle with a computer mouse or move around a touch screen phone in a “very human way,” Graham-Cumming said, so the ticketing computer might scope out how the cursor is moving.

Not sure why privacy is brought up if it seems to be equally as bad?