Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 23 days agoGoogle will now verify if you're a human by turning on your webcam and asking you to wave your handdocs.cloud.google.comexternal-linkmessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtech@piefed.world
arrow-up1259arrow-down1external-linkGoogle will now verify if you're a human by turning on your webcam and asking you to wave your handdocs.cloud.google.comLemmynated@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square93linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtech@piefed.world
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·23 days agoGoogle can turn on my webcam all it wants. They can’t see through the sticky tape anyways.
minus-squareNoxy@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 days agoI still wouldn’t want google capturing my body and my home even through the filter of sticky tape. even if it’s pitch black, I can’t rule out that they’re not fingerprinting whatever they can find that’s unique about my camera’s sensor.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoThey can’t turn on a webcam that doesn’t exist. I have no intention of connecting one to my desktops.
Google can turn on my webcam all it wants. They can’t see through the sticky tape anyways.
I still wouldn’t want google capturing my body and my home even through the filter of sticky tape. even if it’s pitch black, I can’t rule out that they’re not fingerprinting whatever they can find that’s unique about my camera’s sensor.
They can’t turn on a webcam that doesn’t exist. I have no intention of connecting one to my desktops.