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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by londons_explore on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:57AM (#37831457)
Google already does this. "Something on your network is causing unusual traffic, please fill in this captcha to continue".

And then you have to fill in a new captcha every 5 minutes or so just to keep using google maps/gmail/search.

It's kinda annoying, and usually the culprit is someone else who shares my IP, not me (ie. a school, university, workplace, open wifi).

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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by londons_explore on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @09:43AM (#37832007)
For any googlers reading: This behaviour sometimes hits an ajax request (map data downloads when panning or zooming). The client side javascript then fails badly and the user sees a broken site rather than a captcha request.

Plz fix.

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