[tor-talk] doing a google search creates a 403 forbidden when I'm on the tor network

Kevin kevinsisco61784 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 7 00:27:42 UTC 2016


I'm not sure what google has against tor.


On 6/6/2016 7:03 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> Oh good, I'm not theeonly one seeing the error then. Well I guess I will have to not do my google searches when using the tor network then I guess. I use the proxi method of tor so yeah glad it fails to on the tor browser. Well, nt glad, but glad I'm not feeling like I'm going crazy.
>> On Jun 6, 2016, at 1:33 PM, Kevin <kevinsisco61784 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well I tried it and it gives me that error.  It seems that google is blocking tor.  At least that's how it seems to me.
>>
>>
>> On 6/6/2016 4:10 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>> I can try it out, but if it is not accessible to me using voiceover that won't work at all.
>>>
>>> I'll look into it later. Right now I'm trying to write some documentation on something I'm designing, and I just came up for air for a bit.
>>>
>>> Blessings and happy Monday
>>>> On Jun 6, 2016, at 11:37 AM, Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 6, 2016 1:47 AM, "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> I was just on the tor network and launched google to do a google search.
>>>> I got a 403 forbidden when trying to search for something.  (...)  I didn't
>>>> know tor blocked google searches.
>>>>
>>>> Hi, Sarah.
>>>>
>>>> Until I know  - and I know almost nothing, sorry! -  Tor doesn't block
>>>> Google resources and Google's official position about Tor Project is:
>>>>
>>>> "Google is not doing anything intentionally specifically to deter or block
>>>> Tor use."
>>>>
>>>> Just for curiosity, try to use Duck Duck Go instead Google for making your
>>>> searches when using Tor, please.
>>>>
>>>> It is pretty cute and some of their collaborators are amazing people.
>>>> Happy "quack quack" experience for you!  :-)
>>>>
>>>> Have a lovely day!
>>>>
>>>> Cecilia
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