Google Warning

[Philiberti 9]

Logged in to a Netherlands server today and when I tried to connect to a well known P2P site got a warning message (attached) about possible violation of Googles Terms of Service. I was presented with a CAPTCHA but did not continue as I have no idea if this would breach security and reveal my true IP address. I am now connected via Serpentis and have had no such warning. has anyone eklse come across this? Is there a way around this or will I have to avoid this Netherlands server altogether?

Any help or tips would be helpful - I'm running Windows 7 Home premium.

 

[Philiberti 9]

Sorry everyone, just notice a topic "Google being suspicious" has already been started. I'm a newbie and am not sure how to link these two, but I'm going to try it.

[Philiberti 9]

Seems that the google being suspicious topic was started in July and has not yet been answered. I will re-post my query above in that topic and hopefully between the two some answers will be fortcoming.

 

Regards

[Staff 10118]

Hello!

 

Serpentis is in Sweden, not in the Netherlands. Google displays that message when the search engine receives multiple queries from the same IP address according to a pattern which seems to identify a bot, an automated script or anything similar that sends non-manual queries.

 

Kind regards

[Philiberti 9]

Thanks for your reply - is it OK to submit the CAPTCHA then without risk to security? (I'm a newbie and a bit unsure about this)

 

Regards

[Staff 10118]

Hello,

 

yes it's ok. Doing so ensures Google that there's a human being using the service.

 

Kind regards

[xyz 3]

You can use Startpage - it fetches results directly from Google, including regional searches and it claims to respect privacy. I completely stopped using Google because it's almost impossible to use it with Tor for the same reasons you mentioned (captchas and sorries:)). Another alternative for international searches - Duck Duck Go.