Logged into Facebook today...
Me: [goes to Facebook]
Me: [enters email & password]
Facebook: "Confirm you are human"
Me: [identifies stoplights]
Facebook: "We sent a code to your gmail account"
Me: [goes to gmail]
Me: [enters email & password]
Gmail: "Confirm you are human"
Me: [identifies bridges]
Gmail: "We sent a code to your recovery email"
Me: [opens new gmail tab]
Me: [enters recovery email and password]
Gmail: "Confirm you are human"
Me: [identifies more stoplights]
Gmail: "Would you like to setup a recovery email?"
Me: "No"
Gmail: "Would you like to give us more personal information and your phone number?"
Me: "No"
Gmail: "Can we put cookies that track your entire web experience in your browser for your 'security' and 'convenience'?"
Me: "No"
Gmail: "Welcome to your email!"
Me: [finds security code for other gmail]
Me: [enters security code for other email login]
Gmail: "Would you like to give us more personal information and your phone number?"
Me: "No"
Gmail: "Can we put cookies that track your entire web experience in your browser for your 'security' and 'convenience'?"
Me: "No"
Gmail: "Welcome to your email!"
Me: [finds security code for facebook]
Me: [enters security code for facebook]
Facebook: "Would you like to give us more personal information and your phone number?"
Me: "No"
Facebook: "If you let us install this thing you'll conveniently be logged in every time you return to our website!"
Me: "No"
Facebook: "Welcome to Facebook! Also there's a much better experience if you let us install this thing and you'll conveniently be logged in every time you return to our website! Have you changed your mind from 6 seconds ago?"
Me: "No."
...
This is not an exaggeration. The internet is broken.
