mox@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-square89fedilinkarrow-up1724arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.senews@hexbear.nettechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1712arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square89fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.senews@hexbear.nettechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareskuzzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoAnd track you across the internet for ad revenue and… other things.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day 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.