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Google's reCAPTCHAv2 is just labor exploitation, boffins say • The Register

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Google's reCAPTCHAv2 is just labor exploitation, boffins say • The Register

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Google's reCAPTCHA v2 just labor exploitation, boffins say

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Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/15908451

I’ve been saying this and people keep arguing.

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For getting free labor, of course.
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  We are basically training their models/bots for them.

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