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I do this too. The only downside seems to be that I get caught in recaptchas constantly now. Google seems to know how to make tracker avoidance painful enough t

I do this too. The only downside seems to be that I get caught in recaptchas constantly now. Google seems to know how to make tracker avoidance painful enough that I doubt most would follow through with it after a few weeks.

birbie 8y ago
VPNs also make recaptchas pretty terrible. If you browse without a login and have a VPN enabled they slam you with them.
wurstcase 8y ago
using uMatrix extension for firefox i've been able to specifically block GA while enabling captcha. problem is im sure they use captcha for fingerprinting too (and google fonts but that's a whole other can of worms)
toupeira 8y ago
I read somewhere that selecting a bit of text before clicking the "I'm not a robot" checkbox helps to avoid the Recaptcha popup. I've started doing this and think I've been seeing them far less often, but of course it's possible I'm fooling myself. And I guess it will only be a matter of time before robots will start doing this too, so please don't tell anyone ;-)
- 51lver 8y ago
  That makes sense. They are profiling your responses to the captcha, not just checking for the correct answer. They always seem to make me "play" their stupid "find the cars" game a lot longer when I quickly choose them. 20 minutes straight one time. Yeah I felt violated. It was on my stupid state unemployment benefits application page. Talk about being kicked while you're down. Not only do I have to convince the state I'm a citizen and eligible, I have to convince google I'm not a robot first.
JohnFen 8y ago
> The only downside seems to be that I get caught in recaptchas constantly now. That's probably a natural side-effect. I don't notice because, personally, when I'm presented with a captcha I usually just move on and make a mental note to not use that site anymore.

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I do this too. The only downside seems to be that I get caught in recaptchas constantly now. Google seems to know how to make tracker avoidance painful enough t

by strmpnk 8y ago

birbie 8y ago
VPNs also make recaptchas pretty terrible. If you browse without a login and have a VPN enabled they slam you with them.
wurstcase 8y ago
using uMatrix extension for firefox i've been able to specifically block GA while enabling captcha. problem is im sure they use captcha for fingerprinting too (and google fonts but that's a whole other can of worms)
toupeira 8y ago
I read somewhere that selecting a bit of text before clicking the "I'm not a robot" checkbox helps to avoid the Recaptcha popup. I've started doing this and think I've been seeing them far less often, but of course it's possible I'm fooling myself. And I guess it will only be a matter of time before robots will start doing this too, so please don't tell anyone ;-)
- 51lver 8y ago
  That makes sense. They are profiling your responses to the captcha, not just checking for the correct answer. They always seem to make me "play" their stupid "find the cars" game a lot longer when I quickly choose them. 20 minutes straight one time. Yeah I felt violated. It was on my stupid state unemployment benefits application page. Talk about being kicked while you're down. Not only do I have to convince the state I'm a citizen and eligible, I have to convince google I'm not a robot first.
JohnFen 8y ago
> The only downside seems to be that I get caught in recaptchas constantly now. That's probably a natural side-effect. I don't notice because, personally, when I'm presented with a captcha I usually just move on and make a mental note to not use that site anymore.