[tor-talk] Tor and Google error / CAPTCHAs.

Joe Btfsplk joebtfsplk at gmx.com
Mon Sep 26 16:09:24 UTC 2016



On 9/25/2016 12:15 AM, Jeremy Rand wrote:
> hikki at Safe-mail.net:
>> You can't use Google Translate at all with most Tor exit nodes, while there are no sane reaons why they would block Tor users from just translating text.
> Interesting.  I don't use Google Translate very often (maybe 2-3 times
> per month), but I can't remember ever being blocked from it due to
> coming from a Tor exit.  I wonder why your experience differs from mine.
>
Don't know for sure.  Part may depend on NoScript / java script settings 
or other addons?
"No sane reason why they would block Tor," except they want to make 
money.  The less personal data or real IPa's they get, the less money.
Also, I've seen various sites *seem* to block exit relays from certain 
countries.

I say "seem to" because if I switched exits to different countries, 
sometimes it works.  Not always.  More often, it's a matter of allowing 
the right trackers / scripts.
Google almost always wants or needs a lot of scripts enabled for content 
to work.  Admittedly, sometimes the content or service Google provides 
is useful.  But more ways to gather extra data is icing on the cake for 
them.  After all, they're primarily in business to gather data, deliver 
ads & who knows what else.


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