[HenryArmitage]

This is new. Google determined that a few Malware programs were hijacking browsers to up the traffic to client sites. So they took some of the most commonly used key words and tied them to a ‘check if human’ protocol. Not the most elegant way to handle bots, but effective. In my opinion they should have detected quantity and not the qualities of the searches, If you are sending a search request every half second, you are not human.

[CAluvdubya]

This is new. Google determined that a few Malware programs were hijacking browsers to up the traffic to client sites. So they took some of the most commonly used key words and tied them to a ‘check if human’ protocol. Not the most elegant way to handle bots, but effective. In my opinion they should have detected quantity and not the qualities of the searches, If you are sending a search request every half second, you are not human.

On my Droid, the stupid google box with squiggly letters came up on my phone. I don't remember the reason they gave for this but, it took me several tries to figure out what the darned letters were to be able to even get to FR on my phone. I can't read those stupid squiggly letters! I was so annoying!