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Is there any reason this isn't on by default? I don't know exactly how it works, but to my understanding anti fingerprinting tech generally works better when ev

Is there any reason this isn't on by default? I don't know exactly how it works, but to my understanding anti fingerprinting tech generally works better when everyone uses it (otherwise you stick out as the "anti fingerprinting" browser)

shakna 8y ago
It can decimate useability for the average user. Every time you see a Captcha, you may have to do four or five to be considered "human" because the system struggles to determine who you are.
- darkpuma 8y ago
  > "because the system struggles to determine who you are. " Is the tile fade-in also the system struggling to figure out who you are? No, it's vindictive. Punishment for not browsing the web the way google wants you to.
  - SquareWheel 8y ago
    Or maybe it's to make it obvious that a tile has changed...
    - darkpuma 8y ago
      No, sorry but that's nonsense. reCAPTCHAv2 doesn't do the tile fade in unless your v3 score is low. The fade in I'm talking about can take one to five seconds per tile, plainly designed to annoy the user. Here is a video of the fade-in in action: https://youtu.be/zGW7TRtcDeQ?t=89 https://youtu.be/zGW7TRtcDeQ?t=89 (Note that you do not need to be on a shared IP to experience this. Merely using firefox with resist fingerprinting and a adblocker is enough to trigger this behavior on an IP google normally 'trusts' when using chrome.)
      - snuxoll 8y ago
        This happens to me all the time at home, I use Safari with uBlock Origin and reCaptcha never fails to decide to fuck with me. I have a static IP address, and Google will happily give me a not-dick captcha if I use another browser without anti-tracking features enabled (even with a clean profile).
      - SquareWheel 8y ago
        >Here is a video of the fade-in in action Okay, I agree that's punitive. I've never seen a fade that slow, so it must be at the lowest levels of trust.
        chipperyman573 8y ago
        If you use a VPN (a popular one like PIA or ExpressVPN) you will almost always get a fade in that slow. And it is really annoying.
      - stordoff 8y ago
        I submit all the time before realising one has started to change. It's terribly frustrating.
avip 8y ago
It'll considerably deteriorate your browsing experience due to various layers of "bot detection" stalking the web.
DevoidSimo 8y ago
In addition to what other posters have said I noticed it hides timezone so messaging apps had timestamps which looked wrong because it thought I was somewhere else. Haven't used it in a while though so this may have been changed.

shakna 8y ago

It can decimate useability for the average user. Every time you see a Captcha, you may have to do four or five to be considered "human" because the system struggles to determine who you are.

darkpuma 8y ago
> "because the system struggles to determine who you are. " Is the tile fade-in also the system struggling to figure out who you are? No, it's vindictive. Punishment for not browsing the web the way google wants you to.
- SquareWheel 8y ago
  Or maybe it's to make it obvious that a tile has changed...
  - darkpuma 8y ago
    No, sorry but that's nonsense. reCAPTCHAv2 doesn't do the tile fade in unless your v3 score is low. The fade in I'm talking about can take one to five seconds per tile, plainly designed to annoy the user. Here is a video of the fade-in in action: https://youtu.be/zGW7TRtcDeQ?t=89 https://youtu.be/zGW7TRtcDeQ?t=89 (Note that you do not need to be on a shared IP to experience this. Merely using firefox with resist fingerprinting and a adblocker is enough to trigger this behavior on an IP google normally 'trusts' when using chrome.)
    - snuxoll 8y ago
      This happens to me all the time at home, I use Safari with uBlock Origin and reCaptcha never fails to decide to fuck with me. I have a static IP address, and Google will happily give me a not-dick captcha if I use another browser without anti-tracking features enabled (even with a clean profile).
    - SquareWheel 8y ago
      >Here is a video of the fade-in in action Okay, I agree that's punitive. I've never seen a fade that slow, so it must be at the lowest levels of trust.
      - chipperyman573 8y ago
        If you use a VPN (a popular one like PIA or ExpressVPN) you will almost always get a fade in that slow. And it is really annoying.
    - stordoff 8y ago
      I submit all the time before realising one has started to change. It's terribly frustrating.

avip 8y ago

It'll considerably deteriorate your browsing experience due to various layers of "bot detection" stalking the web.

DevoidSimo 8y ago

In addition to what other posters have said I noticed it hides timezone so messaging apps had timestamps which looked wrong because it thought I was somewhere else. Haven't used it in a while though so this may have been changed.