[InternetOfStuff]

> You can opt out of recaptcha by just boycotting the website which uses it.

Ah, I was waiting for somebody to make this argument, which I find somewhat disingenuous given how widespread reCaptcha's use is.

With sites I don't care about leaving them is exactly what I do - but there are sites I pay a lot of money to use, and can't really avoid using for business reasons, yet they still subject me to reCaptcha.

The path I've taken instead is to address this with the site owners. Most weren't really aware of how overreaching reCaptcha feels to some, and I've had good discussions. Of course nobody changed their site based on my complaint, but I like to think I raised awareness.

> But of course by "opt out" you mean to remain a user of a service but not the parts you don't like.

Specifically, a part of user verification. I'm still not sure why they feel they need to verify my humanity - they've got my credit card details and everything.

> Whether you are entitled to do this or not is still up for debate.

Let me ask the opposite question: is the owner of a website entitled to sell my privacy for their own (debatable) convenience?

Tbh reCaptcha irks me more than ads.

[TomMarius]

>Let me ask the opposite question: is the owner of a website entitled to sell my privacy for their own (debatable) convenience?

Well yeah, they are, you're accepting that by using the recaptcha widget. Don't use it and then nobody will sell your data.