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Re:Google Will Soon Let Users Automatically Scrub Location a... by Simon_says on Thursday May 02, 2019 @04:56PM (#19812816)
I've experienced this too. Are you saying Google's algorithms know (or at least strongly suspect) I'm human but throttle me anyways because I've taken steps to protect my privacy? Out of spite?
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Re:Google Will Soon Let Users Automatically Scrub Location a... by judge2020 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @07:31PM (#19814036)
Probably not, the issue is that headless browser bots take the same precautions of preventing Google knows anything about them as you and other privacy-conscious users do.
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