Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 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-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up1166
arrow-up1166external-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 · 7 days agomessage-square72linkfedilink
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoGoogle can turn on my webcam all it wants. They can’t see through the sticky tape anyways.
minus-squareNoxy@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 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-up3·7 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.