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I'm using a RasPi running Debian as my daily driver at home. It works pretty well except that I have to solve way more captchas with it than with any other com

I'm using a RasPi running Debian as my daily driver at home. It works pretty well except that I have to solve way more captchas with it than with any other computer on my home network. Switching to a more common user agent recently helped only a little bit. At least that is what I believe, unfortunately I haven't done any measurements. It might well be that it helped not at all. The irony is also that I'm permanently signed in to more services on this computer than on any other one in my household and that it is the only computer where cookies don't get purged regularly. Also, I never used the RasPi for any automated tasks or anything else that could be interpreted as bot traffic. The worst offender is Yandex, which is pretty much unusable because it let's me solve the captcha every few mouse clicks. Any ideas how make a RasPi useable as a work computer?

Inhibit 5y ago
I use a allow-only javascript setup. I've found that for the web browsing I do that cuts out essentially all extraneous junk. YMMV.
swiley 5y ago
That's pretty odd, I doubt it has anything to do with the architecture and more to do with weather or not you're logged into a Google account. I don't have a google account and use a desktop Linux-based OS on my phone. I have to solve the same captchas there as on my desktop.
fddddd 5y ago
i run non default browser settings (disable canvas and force my fonts) i see captcha everywhere. and try to avoid when i can. basically if it is a comercial site, bye. but gov sites are using it too now. from time to time i even get into captcha hellban. which should be criminal since they are used in gov sites. hellban is specially cruel as your entire IP is served the same 10 round of images infinitelly.
- aidenn0 5y ago
  I wonder how hard it would be to write a bot that would reliably hellban an IP. Then one could just drive around and get every open WiFi hellbanned.
vxNsr 5y ago
Why are you using yandex? Just curious, never heard of anyone outside of Russia using it, and even many Russians try to avoid it apparently.
- pphysch 5y ago
  Why not? Diversify your techno-overlord portfolio beyond DARPA.
- adevx 5y ago
  Also using yandex quite a bit. Especially around heavily censored topics like covid-19.
  - vxNsr 5y ago
    Interesting. Didn’t think about that… are you not worried about things getting censored in the other direction?
    - adevx 5y ago
      Absolutely, always consider potential bias and motivation when searching and judging content. I probably censor search results myself in the form of selective link-result clicking and phrasing of search queries :-)
  - esperent 5y ago
    Can you give some examples of things you've been able to find out using Yandex that were censored on Google?
    - adevx 5y ago
      Try searching for "possible negative long term effect of mrna vaccines". Google will show lists of fact-check sites, WHO approved all pro-vaccine results. Yandex will show alternative sites like childrenshealthdefense.org, www.naturalnews.com with a contrarian view. I am not saying these are trustworthy sites but I want to see various viewpoints and not have the search engine be the judge. I think mRNA vaccines could be a game changer, but I also want an open discussion about the risks, especially long term, as in say negative effects on newborns from mRNA vaccinated woman.
bombcar 5y ago
Do you have IPv6 enabled? That seems to be a major contributor to the captchas I run into.
aj3 5y ago
Log into Google, Yandex, Facebook, etc. These could very well be throwaway accounts (with real profiles locked into Firefox Container Tabs for example). This seem to work even with VPNs and non-residential IPv6, so hopefully it helps.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y ago
  Not sure if the parent comment has been edited, but they did say they're already "permanently logged in" to a bunch of the services in question.
- weinzierl 5y ago
  That's the strange thing about it. Being logged into regularly used, long-standing, healthy, real accounts that have only ever been used totally legitimately doesn't seem to help at all. Quite to the contrary I fear to damage the reputation of my decade old accounts by using an unusual device.

Inhibit 5y ago

I use a allow-only javascript setup. I've found that for the web browsing I do that cuts out essentially all extraneous junk. YMMV.

swiley 5y ago

That's pretty odd, I doubt it has anything to do with the architecture and more to do with weather or not you're logged into a Google account. I don't have a google account and use a desktop Linux-based OS on my phone. I have to solve the same captchas there as on my desktop.

fddddd 5y ago

i run non default browser settings (disable canvas and force my fonts) i see captcha everywhere. and try to avoid when i can. basically if it is a comercial site, bye. but gov sites are using it too now. from time to time i even get into captcha hellban. which should be criminal since they are used in gov sites. hellban is specially cruel as your entire IP is served the same 10 round of images infinitelly.

aidenn0 5y ago
I wonder how hard it would be to write a bot that would reliably hellban an IP. Then one could just drive around and get every open WiFi hellbanned.

vxNsr 5y ago

Why are you using yandex? Just curious, never heard of anyone outside of Russia using it, and even many Russians try to avoid it apparently.

pphysch 5y ago
Why not? Diversify your techno-overlord portfolio beyond DARPA.
adevx 5y ago
Also using yandex quite a bit. Especially around heavily censored topics like covid-19.
- vxNsr 5y ago
  Interesting. Didn’t think about that… are you not worried about things getting censored in the other direction?
  - adevx 5y ago
    Absolutely, always consider potential bias and motivation when searching and judging content. I probably censor search results myself in the form of selective link-result clicking and phrasing of search queries :-)
- esperent 5y ago
  Can you give some examples of things you've been able to find out using Yandex that were censored on Google?
  - adevx 5y ago
    Try searching for "possible negative long term effect of mrna vaccines". Google will show lists of fact-check sites, WHO approved all pro-vaccine results. Yandex will show alternative sites like childrenshealthdefense.org, www.naturalnews.com with a contrarian view. I am not saying these are trustworthy sites but I want to see various viewpoints and not have the search engine be the judge. I think mRNA vaccines could be a game changer, but I also want an open discussion about the risks, especially long term, as in say negative effects on newborns from mRNA vaccinated woman.

bombcar 5y ago

Do you have IPv6 enabled? That seems to be a major contributor to the captchas I run into.

aj3 5y ago

Log into Google, Yandex, Facebook, etc. These could very well be throwaway accounts (with real profiles locked into Firefox Container Tabs for example). This seem to work even with VPNs and non-residential IPv6, so hopefully it helps.

0xdeadb00f 5y ago
Not sure if the parent comment has been edited, but they did say they're already "permanently logged in" to a bunch of the services in question.
weinzierl 5y ago
That's the strange thing about it. Being logged into regularly used, long-standing, healthy, real accounts that have only ever been used totally legitimately doesn't seem to help at all. Quite to the contrary I fear to damage the reputation of my decade old accounts by using an unusual device.