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Google occasionally asks me to solve captchas in Firefox Focus

ashelley
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Every so often(about once every few days or so), Google will detect "suspicious activity" and make me solve a captcha before I can search. This only happens when using Firefox Focus. What could be the reason?

Every so often(about once every few days or so), Google will detect "suspicious activity" and make me solve a captcha before I can search. This only happens when using Firefox Focus. What could be the reason?

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Balázs Meskó
Balázs Meskó
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It is most likely caused by the privacy functions of Focus, namely the blocking of ad and analytics trackers.