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According to Google, you’re not human if you aren’t being tracked by Google.
“…one of the ways that Google determines whether you’re a malicious user or not is whether you already have a Google cookie installed on your browser.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/90369697/googles-new-recaptcha-has-a-dark-side
@aral But what would prevent "malicious users" from adding the same cookie? 
@yyp @aral Yeah, this sounds really dumb. Are humans actually even better at captchas than bots? I find myself thinking "well, that *is* a crosswalk, but algo probably thinks "no" on some of those ....
(Would be very interested to see studies on that!)
I also doubt it would be very hard to just record a few "Real Actual Hoomans" navigating a site and just "replay" variations on that via Selenium or whatever browser-automation framework is cool now (for e.g. the "farmers" as they put it)
@aral So basically every site using them can just go and fsck themselves for me. I started browsing in private windows nearly two years ago now, i only watch YT through invidious instances and most G-domains are blocked by my privoxy already (not all, as my wife is one of those ppl thinking that Google is the entrance to the internet 
and she's resistant to arguments, "nothing to hide" and such).
@aral I still wonder why I so often fail in the "are you not a robot" test ... either I am too bad as human ... or something else is wrong here.
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assTransitKrow @aral they not only know you're human but also *which* human
