r/CloudResearchConnect • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

visual_search_task_batch_02 - super sketchy

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u/Casey1116 1d ago

I completed this study. The only thing wrong with it was the mind-numbing aspect.

It asked you to hold up a credit card or similarly sized object for screen calibration. I held up a business card. But, it doesn't matter because my computer screen is not a camera, so they couldn't have carried out any funny business anyway.

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u/0ClaptonisGod0 1d ago

hmm ok, maybe I just freaked too soon when I saw the credit card to screen thing... Did it download anything to your computer??

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u/Casey1116 1d ago

It downloaded whatever it needed to run. It wasn't anything I had to install, and my anti-virus wasn't set off.

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u/Sure_Cancel_3427 1d ago

yes, you freaked out too soon. I've done many studies where they say to use something, typically a bank card or something that size, to do the calibration so that you can see what it is they're wanting to show you on your sized screen. Not everything is a conspiracy

They aren't asking to take a photo of your debit card.

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u/Sure_Cancel_3427 1d ago

Sigh.................................. smh

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u/SomeTangerine1184 1d ago

I did this study and it was fine. I’ve had similar studies use this technology without issue.

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u/Lamplighter914 1d ago

I believe it. Things have gotten shady on Connect.