From my understanding its more like a digital tollbooth that’s been tracking you across the web, and when it can’t figure out who you are/where you’ve been, it holds you hostage to do free image recognition as a toll.
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lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
From my understanding, the “I’m not a bot” box checks your over all mouse movement and stuff to check if it’s natural
archonet@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
edinbruh@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
When the chapta is just a checkbox it means that chrome/safari has already ratted you out as a human long before.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
It also checks your browsing history.
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The more advanced versions can log your mouse movement activity and general behavior while on a website long before you even get to the box.