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If you're not in the US, all the time. Just searching for documentation on not so well known libraries/errors will often trigger it for me, and I'm talking lik
by csydas 5y ago
If you're not in the US, all the time.
Just searching for documentation on not so well known libraries/errors will often trigger it for me, and I'm talking like 5-10 manual (read: typed by myself into a browser) searches will trigger a Captcha on Google.
Google positions that it suspects suspicious activity from my IP, but hard to guess how they classify this, as it's a stock browser with ublock* that I use every day.
reCaptcha and basically everything Google touches is awful to use outside of the US in my opinion. And I'm still not sure how their full window modal for Google Search Accepting Privacy hasn't been hit by a huge fine by the EU yet, since you absolutely cannot use Google without either blocking the model or going in and agreeing to "something" (you are allowed to turn off several options, but Google will send cookies and instructs you to set your browser to refuse cookies if you don't want them), which I'm positive is really not what GDPR was about at all.
This is part of why I'm against what a lot of US based tech companies do with the Web...they're happy to take money and personal information (forcibly) from non-US persons, but will not give them the same courtesies.
* Of course, maybe that does it...
- chrisseaton 5y ago> If you're not in the US, all the time. I'm not in the US, never seen it.