Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoGoogle begins requiring JavaScript for Google Searchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down12cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1320arrow-down1external-linkGoogle begins requiring JavaScript for Google Searchtechcrunch.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square76fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 hours agoDoing this to combat bots like they aren’t also using bots to scrape data from the internet is interesting. I wonder how this affects modified/custom search engines (like udm14).
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoUdm14 is just a query parameter to open google with the “web” results tab. Still works.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI know, but I have it set as a custom search engine and what I’m saying is, if someone were to use it in chrome would it still require them to enable java. I think that answer is that it would. I don’t use chrome so I’m not gonna test it.
Doing this to combat bots like they aren’t also using bots to scrape data from the internet is interesting.
I wonder how this affects modified/custom search engines (like udm14).
Udm14 is just a query parameter to open google with the “web” results tab. Still works.
I know, but I have it set as a custom search engine and what I’m saying is, if someone were to use it in chrome would it still require them to enable java. I think that answer is that it would. I don’t use chrome so I’m not gonna test it.