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Search for CAPTCHA, find angry users of Google

By Davey Winder in Editorial

Posted in Google on July 12, 2007 at 12:31 pm

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Now I have never encountered a CAPTCHA entry box while searching at Google myself, but apparently a number of people have. My mailbox has had a number of queries from concerned readers of various publications I contribute to, including IT Pro, asking just what the heck is going on.

Good question, so I thought I would do a bit of digging and find out.

Most people who have contacted me are concerned with one of two things:

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