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Why does firefox constantly ask for capchas on VPN when doing searches on Google? It is a serious problem. The vpn is for my security, not google.com

Why does firefox constantly ask for capchas on VPN when doing searches on Google? It is a serious problem. The vpn is for my security, not google.com

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I think that google asks you for captchas, not Firefox. Why would we do it?

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hey drainu;

thanks for your wonderfully passive-aggressive reply. of course firefox would not do this yet using firefox makes it happen. happens to me suddenly today. made no changes so... why? what magical setting do i need to change? anybody but drainu. he knows everything but offers nothing.

thanks.