. . .
K “I was at Firefox to avoid the Google fist and simply sought to duck over and go to duckduckgo. Das ist verboten. Google monitors all requests and demands another step in its monitoring of Internet traffic. When the desired website is one of the sites blocked by Google, the demand appears. The Behemoth blocks. But Google does not block a search of nyt.com or msm.com. Google has offered absolutely no reason why it needs to determine whether the request is coming from a robot. The one thing its AI knows is that the request is not coming from malicious software, a browser plug-in, or a script that sends automated requests but rather is coming from a very sentient and sapien human being.”
J “Not only are they monitoring your searches, they want you to know that they are monitoring your searches. They are brazen because they can be brazen.”
. . .
K “I went to Firefox to search for ‘Mother Teresa’ and the request was sent over from Firefox to Google and then deemed suspicious.”
J “Search for ways to promote world peace or cure cancer and your service may be terminated.”
. . .
K “The CAPTCHA security measure is a clever acronym. Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Alan Turing’s legacy endures.”
. . .
J “The Internet is evil. There may be a dozen solid reasons why the Internet has improved our lives, but in the final analysis, it is evil. Google’s hip motto was an ironic and prescient admission of just what Google and the Internet would do.”
. . .
[See the e-commentary at “Should You “Friend” The Tech Beasts And Behemoths? (October 23, 2017)”.]
Bumper sticker of the week:
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This page appears when Google automatically detects requests coming from your computer network which appear to be in violation of the Terms of Service. The block will expire shortly after those requests stop. In the meantime, solving the above CAPTCHA will let you continue to use our services.
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Sometimes you may be asked to solve the CAPTCHA if you are using advanced terms that robots are known to use, or sending requests very quickly.
IP address: 97.73.244.131
Time: 2021-06-18T19:52:05Z
URL: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=duckduckgo
Yes, indeed, it is really me trying to discern Truth.