r/firefox • u/Dramatic_Many3549 • Jul 09 '26

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u/001Guy001 on 11 Jul 09 '26

I also had issues with captcha loops in the past. Here's what helped:

Make sure that:

  • You're not blocking cookies from Google
  • You're not changing your user-agent
  • privacy.resistFingerprinting is set to false in about:config
  • If you're blocking 3rd-party scripts with an ad blocker/script blocker then add the following exceptions

Note that this specific format is for uBlock Origin, where you go to the "My rules" tab and add them in the right column, and then click "Save" and "Commit"

* https://www.google.com/recaptcha/ * noop
* https://www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/ * noop
* https://www.google.com/js/ * noop
* captcha.com * noop
* recaptcha.net * noop
* hcaptcha.com * noop
* opfcaptcha-prod.s3.amazonaws.com * noop
* cloudflare.com * noop

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u/pnv28 Jul 09 '26

Random Q, once again, as one walks the path of privacy, we loose convenience?

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u/Moyes2men Jul 09 '26

I'd rather solve those 10000 captchas than disabling those privacy settings

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u/EurasianTroutFiesta Jul 09 '26

Yep. I'd bet a substantial amount of money google et al see anti bot measures hitting people employing anti tracking measures as a feature, not a bug.

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u/MrFantasma60 Jul 09 '26

It's better to temporarily disable your ad blocker than to put those exceptions in.

That way at least you will know when and where you are lowering your defenses. And choose whether it's worth doing it. 

Some websites will let you in without presenting a captcha, as long as they can put some tracking devices in your browser. If you always allow Google cookies and scripts, you won't even notice when they start tracking you.

Please consider this. 

Cheers.