's detects whether a user downloads images. If not, they're presumed to be a bot & get attacked with a puzzle. And yet it's all the *images* that strain the network in the 1st place, not the text.

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Also, so I understand, Google's CAPTCHA also tries to detect if you've signed into, or have, a Google account & connect the two - tracking!

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@Horizon_Innovations indeed it does.. it collects any google cookies that are still active.

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