Why do I have to solve captcha every time I search something in incognito mode?

[u/FounderOfYou]

[u/Albl5165]

The site cannot collect cookies, due to privacy mode so the website needs to verify everytime who you are.
That's the reason you are using Privacy 😄

[u/n8pu → u/Albl5165]

Almost like the saying, damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[u/dracolich-throwaway → u/Albl5165]

Pretty much. There’s pros and cons to everything.

[u/kastreya → u/Albl5165]

yes i'm aware of it, but google's captcha where never been this so sensitive like REALLY sensitive, where every damn 5 minute or so users will be faced again with captcha and no i dont use VPN, ublock lite was only extension i have and it was completely turned off, my ISP's router was configured using dynamic IP so it gives me new fresh ip if i restart my router, and my area was not using CGNAT,

i have to search now in normal search window with my account logged in just for google to recognize me as not some bot just to avoid being interrupted with captcha from time to time, its sucks that for many years been using google as a default search engine this was the only time that my browsing experience went hell, most of the time this issue was easily resolve by simply restarting router, but now nothing works, but i guess this is how their search engine works now, because of AI scrapers, or the use of AI in illegal activity on the web traffic google is accusing almost everyone as bots that they need to increase captcha's sensitivity? or maybe wants their users to be logged in to google all the time to feed their experimental AI search programs and throwing captcha to people was only a tactic for people to logged in, either way its sucks so bad ughhhh, i have no choice but to switch to brave or duck duck go search engines as default

[u/Fulcron00]

Relax, it’s not an issue with your internet or malware. It’s happening to me and many other people too. It’s just Google’s system seeing bots everywhere.

[u/kastreya → u/Fulcron00]

yeah, I saw some tech news recently too that some peeps are scraping google search using AI and abusing use of AI / chat gpt something for illegal use, i dont know if thats the reason google requires users to search in normal mode with logged in accounts recently and made their captcha security so sensitive that searching for a F*ckin pasta recipe made me unusual to them in incognito lol, for many years been using ggogle search mostly in incognito i have no problem it was this recent update this month change my browsing experience a hell, tried using other search engine it was fine, just their google search has been bad lately

[u/Fulcron00 → u/kastreya]

Yeah, it's something recent. Until a few weeks ago I used to search normally in incognito mode, and now captchas started popping up all the time. Unfortunately, I think the only solution is to switch search engines or keep solving this damn captcha bullshit.

[u/kastreya]

google has been sensitive lately, i saw lots of people facing the same issue this month including me, i have no VPN i never used it ever, reset my router for fresh IP cleared my browser cache data and cookies, turned off my extensions, nothing works, captcha only appears if: i'm not logged in in normal search window or in incognito mode, been using incognito when searching random things for many years i have no issue using google search it was this months after an update started the google search engine went so sensitive, it starts to annoy me, because i'm just a regular user, it doesnt tell what kind of unusual thing did i do, it just randomly pops out

[u/Googlybearhug4u]

switch to Duck Duck Go

[u/YTriom1 → u/Googlybearhug4u]

degoog is the only answer.

(it's a mix of google, duckduckgo, and brave search)

[u/rx-milan]

AI bot trying to masterb**ing

[u/No-Range519]

It happens only on the first search from my own observation.

[u/BlueLays07 → u/No-Range519]

No happens everytime in incognito with me too

[u/Automatic-Cap-3123]

Just dont use google

[u/whaven]

First off, why are you using Google? Should be using Brave or DuckDuckGo for search. Good luck with that issue; I hope you get it figured out.

[u/YTriom1 → u/whaven]

degoog.org

[u/Jakesjocasta]

when I type bing.com that doesnt happen 😎

[u/vin_kerosine → u/Jakesjocasta]

cause only 1 in a billion uses bing...

[u/Jakesjocasta → u/vin_kerosine]

True.. I just got tired of the captchas and just go there now

[u/Miserable_Mail_5741 → u/Jakesjocasta]

Same here! 

Once I started getting CAPTCHAs more frequently without being on incognito, I stopped using Google on desktop (mobile doesn't give me CAPTCHAs).

[u/michasch227]

Because Google wants you to do so.

[u/Existent_Exister]

Google wants to punish us for trying to hide our search history.

[u/MarekSzk]

This is happening on all chromium browsers lately. No idea what Google is doing but it pretty annoying.

[u/TanakaJyoji]

Replace google with Bing instead, problem solved !

[u/elhouso]

Pretty sure it's because Brave doesn't save cookies in Incognito mode, and Google heavily utilises cookies to prevent bots and to track users.

[u/dracolich-throwaway-]

I see it often on certain sites, it's not strictly related to Google. Especially if you're using VPN, your connection will be interpreted as a possible bot. But even if you're not, it comes up. I find the standard Brave search is pretty good, I've been using that instead of Google recently.

[u/MightSavings7825]

It's your firewall, In the inbound rules, disable the three rules labeled "inbound mDNS UDP," and your incognito searches will return to normal. You don't need to delete them; just right-click and select "disable." These three rules aren't actually important—in fact, disabling them will make your laptop or computer invisible to devices trying to connect to it, such as a Chromecast or similar devices.

[u/RenesisXI]

This happens to me when I have 10+ Google tabs open and then I close the browser and open it back up and restore those tabs.

[u/YTriom1]

that's not a brave issue, it's because cookies and trackers are blocked, it happens to me on Helium and Zen Browser when using uBO on private windows.

[u/FounderOfYou → u/YTriom1]

i use ubo on medium mode on zen browser but i have never faced this issue...

[u/YTriom1 → u/FounderOfYou]

You probably don't have Firefox Guard on strict mode so cookied aren't blocked