I, a human, have to PROVE to a robot that I am not a robot.

stubbsonic · Post by **stubbsonic** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 11:25 pm

I have for many years used a cookie manager for reasons. And among the entities that I've prevented from keeping a cookie is Google.

I've noticed today that Google has started putting up a warning page that says my computer is doing suspicious activity and is making me prove that I'm a human by clicking on the parts of a picture that include motorcycle, etc.

I don't know if the cookie manager has anything to do with it, but if that keeps up, I'll start using a different default search engine..

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 12:31 am

Just use DuckDuckGo bro'.

joelfriedman · Post by **joelfriedman** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 6:33 am

Got those all the time, particularly when I’m using a VPN. Some sites will ask, others simply will NOT work w/Nord at all. Won’t the a credit card either. Frustrating. I use DDG as my search since they don’t track. I’d say it’s about 80% of Google. If I’m doing research for teaching I’ll switch to Google as it still finds things DDG doesn’t (or maybe it’s AInventing them!). More and more the whole experience is more unpleasant. But if it’s free you’re the product, right?

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HCMarkus · Post by **HCMarkus** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:01 am

monkey man wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 12:31 am Just use DuckDuckGo bro'.

+1

Killahurts · Post by **Killahurts** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:06 am

joelfriedman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 6:33 am But if it’s free you’re the product, right?

Yes! Really great way to put it..

cuttime · Post by **cuttime** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 10:45 am

DuckDuck just doesn't provide as good results IMHO.

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 11:01 am

Either robots are smart enough to get past this, or they’re not. If not, why would it matter if they access the service on the site?

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 12:34 pm

What Google Support has to say about this:

https://support.google.com/websearch/a ... 6640?hl=en

stubbsonic · Post by **stubbsonic** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 1:29 pm

Thanks for that. I opened the activity monitor, but don't really know what I'm looking for.

I suppose it is possible I have some malware on my machine. What a people using these days to sniff that out?

cuttime · Post by **cuttime** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 1:34 pm

stubbsonic wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 1:29 pm Thanks for that. I opened the activity monitor, but don't really know what I'm looking for.

I suppose it is possible I have some malware on my machine. What a people using these days to sniff that out?

I run the free version of Malware Bytes only very occasionally. I DO NOT use automatic scanning or real-time monitoring. After I run it once I delete it.

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