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> Google sometimes blocks me from searching using Firefox, saying it’s “suspicious activity” and sending me into captcha hell that always rejects my results after several screens for no reason.

That happend to me only when using tor.

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Use private mode exclusively. You will start getting into the captcha hell in a day or two.

I configured Firefox to delete all cookies on exit, except few whitelisted sites. So most of the time I have to accept Google privacy policy if I search there. Other than that, I never got into the captcha hell when trying to do a Google Search.

There are some sites I can't login at all unless I change the browser. SoundCloud is one of them.

Could be that IP Address/ISP reputation is also a factor for the variation in results.

that happens to me all the time, i have no idea why. i'm using firefox.

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