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Using chrome on my phone I get 0.9, but if I switch to Firefox I get 0.1.

This is essentially going to let Google gatekeep the web if you aren't using their services.

Really? I don't think so. I get a 0.9 on Google Chrome, and a 0.7 on Firefox. I heavily use Chrome and I have not used Firefox apart from maybe testing some local websites. Despite this I still got 0.7 on there. I expected lower since I don't use the browser.

On a flip side: you really should check privacy settings in your Firefox, it seems Google can track you easily there. ;)

I use Firefox with Google container and uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger and also get a score of 0.7

How can I get better privacy settings?

I was being sarcastic - high score on captcha probably means G knows too much about you. That said, I don't think the scores are reliable. It is possible (probable even) that G is still running experiments.

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