Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months 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-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtech@piefed.world
arrow-up1255arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square90linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtech@piefed.world
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·3 months agoGoogle can turn on my webcam all it wants. They can’t see through the sticky tape anyways.
minus-squareNoxy@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months 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-up3·3 months 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.