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Re:CAPTCHAs: 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading... by account42 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:23PM (#43015456)
> without bothering the real user, who won't be shown one.

bullshit

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Re:CAPTCHAs: 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading... by mike_hearn on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @01:11PM (#43016060)
Lots of signals used to prevent people seeing captchas when their passwords were being attacked, but you never see it so never think about it.
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