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   Computer Nerd Kev to Salvador Mirzo   
   Re: [LINK] Google begins requiring JavaS   
   22 Jan 25 06:56:48   
   
   From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   Salvador Mirzo  wrote:   
   > Sylvia Else  writes:   
   >> How is this going to '"better protect" Google Search against malicious   
   >> activity, such as bots and spam'?   
   >   
   > I believe the idea is that if the robot doesn't speak Javascript, it's   
   > an easy denial by the web server.  And making bots speak Javascript is   
   > one step up.  And with Javascript they can likely monitor things like   
   > mouse movement to detect whether the user is a human or a robot.   
      
   Which of course is one of Google's main businesses, with their   
   Captchas that don't always need to show a puzzle in order to   
   validate users as humans. So if anyone _thinks_ they can achieve   
   that, you'd expect it to be Google.   
      
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