XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   Simon  wrote:   
      
   > For some reason, whenever I try to use Google Search, I am prompted to   
   > complete a captcha test as shown in this image:   
   >   
   > https://i.postimg.cc/NMWmx7bj/2026-01-10-00-51-52.png.   
   >   
   > I'm using Firefox 115.31 on Windows 11 25H2.   
   >   
   > I'd like to know whether it is Microsoft trying to piss me for not using   
   > Bing.   
      
   To block web crawlers from crawling the Master Crawler.   
      
   I get than searching Google Images.  When I scroll down several pages,   
   that CAPTCHA appears.  Once I respond, more the web page paints to show   
   more images.   
      
   The message regarding the CAPTCHA is bogus.  When scrolling through lots   
   of images, yeah, Google has to deliver a lot of images if you scroll   
   really fast, but scrolling is not malicious behavior.  They want to slow   
   the rate at which the images are delivered, so the CAPTCHA affords a   
   pause.  It also blocks web crawlers aka spiders from snagging copies of   
   all the images.   
      
   Most times I just have to click on the checkbox.  A few times I get a   
   set of squares with various images from which I'm to pick those that are   
   related to a reference image, like picking multiple pics of computer   
   mice to go with a pic of a keyboard.   
      
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