5 ms·
Google, IIRC, does not let you search from TOR either. If they can't track you, you're no good to them.
by throwaway10001 13y ago
Google, IIRC, does not let you search from TOR either. If they can't track you, you're no good to them.
- thejosh 13y agoBecause a lot of spammers/SEO Scrapers (such as Scrapebox or xrumer, or even sites with private databases such as SEOmoz or SEMrush-like databases could) use TOR to bulk-scrape Google. So you are told that the IP you are using is rate limited.
- gbrindisi 13y agoLast time I checked it asked for a captcha
- kakashi19 13y agoi have the same problem here.
- kevination 13y agoThat's not true. It redirects to https://encrypted.google.com/ https://encrypted.google.com/ and works just fine.
- serf 13y agoTrue, sorta. In my past experiences, if you're on tor (or proxy'd through a known portal), and have Javascript disabled entirely, Google will sometimes (not always) give you an error stating that your IP is a known abuser. If you DO have JS enabled, I have encountered the "Your IP is known to be abusive, so type in this captcha in order to continue" and then it forwards to encrypted.google.com. I get similiar behaviour with VPNs & Google.
- jonknee 13y agoTo be fair it's quite likely your IP has been abusive. There aren't that many exit nodes and it doesn't seem unlikely that a lot of Tor users have suspicious or malicious behavior.
- hack_edu 13y agoThough to the point, the IPs of all exit nodes are publicly available and presented by the Tor project itself.
- jtome 13y agoI never realized that turning on/off noscript had something to do with google blocking me, thanks.
- af3 13y agoTOR/SSH Tunnel + startpage.com + Stylish extension + Startpage Google Look = hehe ;)
- jonesetc 13y agoI've certainly used Google with Tor.