Researchers: Google's reCAPTCHA v3 raises privacy concerns with its cookie-based data collection and Google's suggestion to embed reCAPTCHA everywhere on a site
The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. Tweets: @othermaciej , @leighelse , @kdzwinel , @impressthenet , @_tijs , @johnwilander , and @thornedu Tweets: @othermaciej : The new reCAPTCHA is effectively a Google tracking pixel: https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... Else / @leighelse : Regrettably the day is coming when not having an #EvilGoogle account and blocking Google's tracking cookies will mean not being able to access large areas of the internet. https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... Konrad Dzwinel / @kdzwinel : „website administrators are supposed to embed reCaptcha v3 code on all of the pages of their website, not just on forms or log-in pages" https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... In other words: let us track you or you won't be able to use internet. Doug Miller / @impressthenet : Google's new reCAPTCHA has a dark side https://buff.ly/2Xcnngf The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. It's great for security—but not so great for your privacy. pic.twitter.com/7otWarGVyl Tijs / @_tijs : Captcha v3 is live on 650k sites. Invisible to the user. Don't use Google products? You get a higher risk score. Have a high risk score? Sites will make access hard or impossible. Seems like an anti trust violation of epic proportions... https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... John Wilander / @johnwilander : “To make this risk-score system work accurately, website administrators are supposed to embed reCaptcha v3 code on all of the pages of their website, not just on forms or log-in pages. (...) Google did not address any potential privacy problems” https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... Randy Thornton / @thornedu : I told you this would happen. “Google's reCaptcha cookie follows the same logic of the Facebook “like” button when it's embedded in other website” RT @newsycombinator: Google's new reCAPTCHA has a dark side https://www.fastcompany.com/ ...