Browsing incognito. It seems like a cheap shot by google, how low can you get? Is this normal, literally being locked out of the internet?
Since when does Google search require recaptcha
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Re: Since when does Google search require recaptcha
#2Your IP is flagged for spam/abuse, that is the reason for the recaptcha, not incognito.
Re: Since when does Google search require recaptcha
#3Why are you using Google. I switched to duck duck go years ago. It took sometime to get used to, but now I see no reason to go back.
Re: Since when does Google search require recaptcha
#4Ever since your IP address or subnet did a tad too many searches without logging in and consenting to google's tracking. Happens routinely on any VPN IP, the threshold isn't high.
Re: Since when does Google search require recaptcha
#5Ever since your IP address or subnet did a tad too many searches without logging in and consenting to google's tracking. Happens routinely on any VPN IP, the threshold isn't high.
It is also very finicky though. Unbearable on Ungoogled-Chromium when you search directly through the address bar, though a lot better after you actually navigate to the site. And very rarely a problem in Brave. Both cases on a private VPN on a VPS and pretty aggressive DNS level blocking. Google did make searching on Ungoogled-Chrome a nightmare though, so I suspect something is being done right.
Re: Since when does Google search require recaptcha
#6Why are you using Google. I switched to duck duck go years ago. It took sometime to get used to, but now I see no reason to go back.
I have muscle memory to write !g every time I search something not obvious on DuckDuckGo.
Re: Since when does Google search require recaptcha
#7If you search something too specific and i depth, it asks for captcha. I just wait until I get a couple more search tokens to continue.
Re: Since when does Google search require recaptcha
#8If you have your DNS set to use 8.8.8.8, Google can and will sometimes flag your IP for "too much traffic", leading to captcha on searches.
Re: Since when does Google search require recaptcha
#9Why are you using Google. I switched to duck duck go years ago. It took sometime to get used to, but now I see no reason to go back.
I have muscle memory to write !g every time I search something not obvious on DuckDuckGo.
I read on HN that !s is a good alternative
Re: Since when does Google search require recaptcha
#10Ever since your IP address or subnet did a tad too many searches without logging in and consenting to google's tracking. Happens routinely on any VPN IP, the threshold isn't high.
It is also very finicky though. Unbearable on Ungoogled-Chromium when you search directly through the address bar, though a lot better after you actually navigate to the site. And very rarely a problem in Brave. Both cases on a private VPN on a VPS and pretty aggressive DNS level blocking. Google did make searching on Ungoogled-Chrome a nightmare though, so I suspect something is being done right.
Your own private VPS isn't too bad. I use that with a firefox with privacy settings turned up to eleven and don't have problems with google (yandex on the other hand always serves me captchas)
But on any anonymous VPN shared with other people google captcha bans IPs pretty quickly