mox@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Googlewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.senews@hexbear.nettechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1719arrow-down1external-linkCAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Googlewww.pcgamer.commox@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square86linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.senews@hexbear.nettechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareskuzzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoAnd track you across the internet for ad revenue and… other things.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat is cookies I assume and probably data sharing between websites. I know if I look up something on amazon I immediately start seeing ads for related stuff on FB and on google.
And track you across the internet for ad revenue and… other things.
That is cookies I assume and probably data sharing between websites. I know if I look up something on amazon I immediately start seeing ads for related stuff on FB and on google.