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Google collects all your data but still asks if you're a robot

This is a 3-panel meme utilizing the popular 'Mr. Incredible Becoming Uncanny' reaction template. The first two left panels show the normal, smiling version of Mr. Incredible, paired with right-hand text stating that Google collects extensive personal user information: first that Google gets all of a user's data, then that Google knows a user's browser history, home address, and facial biometrics. The third left panel shows the distorted, uncanny, half-shadowed version of Mr. Incredible with an unsettling expression, paired with text stating that despite having all this deeply personal user data, Google still requires users to complete CAPTCHA verification checks to confirm they are not robots. The joke centers on the ironic contradiction between Google's vast, intrusive data collection capabilities and its apparent inability to distinguish human users from bots without additional verification steps.
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Google gets all my data
Google knows my browser history, where I live, and my face
Google still asks if I'm a robot

Overview

This is a 3-panel meme utilizing the popular 'Mr. Incredible Becoming Uncanny' reaction template. The first two left panels show the normal, smiling version of Mr. Incredible, paired with right-hand text stating that Google collects extensive personal user information: first that Google gets all of a user's data, then that Google knows a user's browser history, home address, and facial biometrics. The third left panel shows the distorted, uncanny, half-shadowed version of Mr. Incredible with an unsettling expression, paired with text stating that despite having all this deeply personal user data, Google still requires users to complete CAPTCHA verification checks to confirm they are not robots. The joke centers on the ironic contradiction between Google's vast, intrusive data collection capabilities and its apparent inability to distinguish human users from bots without additional verification steps.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit via RSS feed, as specified in the provided metadata. It is a derivative work remixing the widely circulated 'Mr. Incredible Becoming Uncanny' meme template, created to satirize common user frustrations and concerns about big tech data collection practices and seemingly redundant security verification systems.

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