[tor-bugs] #30809 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Feature Request: Big Data/AI Prevention

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#30809: Feature Request: Big Data/AI Prevention
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 Reporter:  goldenchild               |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  project                   |         Status:  reopened
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Changes (by goldenchild2):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  wontfix =>


Comment:

 You're welcome, I have been bothered by reCaptcha for some time, when I
 read what it was about and that it was a Google product, I had to submit
 it to your team.

 The Guardian Project develop a number of interesting things, not all of
 these things relate only to privacy, some relate to freedom. Users should
 be free to decide whether they help to train Googles AI products or not.

 Do you happen to know any developers that may be interested in creating
 this simple freedom plugin. I approximate it may take the average
 developer 3 days to make and a couple weeks to refine then only the
 occasional update.

 It would involve finding the two variants of the reCaptcha to patch, the
 js and non-js versions, NOT hugely difficult, you guys keep a record of
 hostile sites. Then identifying the reCaptcha and listening for changes to
 the reCaptcha. Then selecting the text "cars" (for example? and possibly
 doing a strike-through on the word cars and appending  in normal size text
 the replacement items to select, while having a small bubble appear,
 explaining would is happening. If changing the content of the reCaptcha is
 not possible then a little bubble from the plugin would pop-up, telling
 the user what they can do, similar to that described above.

 This issue is not just about self-driving cars. What will they have us do
 next? Control factory equipment and other heavy machinery, all while users
 are not paid. The recaptchas also waste a lot of time for Tor users. On
 small displays they are terrible to use and a small speech bubble in the
 corner may make them easier to complete! Because the recaptcha process can
 be so protracted for Tor users there should be a way to make this less
 lucrative for Google. In many ways they are monopolising the internet and
 Tor browser is in a position to improve the situation.

 Please include here any developer(s) that you think might be interested in
 making this.

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