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I imagine the captcha is to combat bots abusing the service. > I know it's a lie, because if I don't use private mode, it doesn't do this If you don't use inc
by MaxBarraclough 5y ago
I imagine the captcha is to combat bots abusing the service.
> I know it's a lie, because if I don't use private mode, it doesn't do this
If you don't use incognito/private browsing then you have an ordinary-looking set of cookies, so it makes sense you wouldn't be challanged with a captcha.
- hakfoo 5y agoThe irony is that incongito looks the most distinct of anything because of that. You'd think there'd be a plugin that gathers some common tracking cookies, and swaps them around with other users. So the adtech firms see a tangled mess of location/IP/interest data. If the randomization is log enough, the cookies pollute the data while hopefully remaining "conventionally looking" enough that they won't be discarded outright.
- pizza234 5y ago> If you don't use incognito/private browsing then you have an ordinary-looking set of cookies, so it makes sense you wouldn't be challanged with a captcha. Right. I find it very troubling (in a general sense; I don't doubt that there are technical grounds) though, that browsing in incognito/private mode is a flagged behavior.