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Oh joy, Google's #reCAPTCHA just leveled up from "click all the traffic lights" to "hand over your fingerprints and a selfie"🖐️📸. Because, clearly, they’re on a mission to collect more #data than a wannabe cyber spy 🕵️‍♂️. What's next, DNA samples and a retinal scan? 🤦‍♂️
https://reclaimthenet.org/googles-new-recaptcha-wants-your-camera-access-and-21-points-of-your-hand #Google #privacy #concerns #collection #biometric #security #HackerNews #ngated
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Show threadgnaddrig5h ago

@ngate
"The company says the footage is deleted once verification finishes, no audio is recorded, and the video is never tied to your identity. Its documentation adds that nothing goes to third parties and the data serves security alone"

Yeah, sure.

"points to the Google Privacy Policy for how everything is used and stored, a policy elastic enough to cover almost anything."

Exactly.