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I have noticed this too. I've switched to DuckDuckGo for everything and I haven't changed my habits. Started getting more captchas a couple weeks ago and I kn

• wstuartcl 8y ago
  It is also plausible that because google analytics runs on so many sites that they could do something shady like put you in a pester segment if they see you coming from duckduckgo to other sites frequently. It is not hard to imaging using Recaptcha as a nuisance against other search traffic providers.
  • pergadad 8y ago
    I doubt that many people would make a connection between their search engine and seeing captchas on other sites. So limited gain for, if anything, many unnecessary complaints.
• beatgammit 8y ago
  This is why I love container tabs in Firefox. I like putting all of the recaptcha stuff in one container so it can't snoop on my other stuff (I'm too lazy to look into what it's doing with cookies and whatnot). But honestly, I wish it would just die.