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Subject: Re: [LINK] Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:33:26 -0300
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Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> writes:

> On 21-Jan-25 5:10 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search
>>   by Thom Holwerda 2025-01-18
>>   - https://www.osnews.com/story/141570/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/
>> " Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript,
>> the
>>    widely used programming language to make web pages interactive, in
>>    order to use Google Search.
>>    In an email to TechCrunch, a company spokesperson claimed that the
>>    change is intended to "better protect" Google Search against
>>    malicious activity, such as bots and spam, and to improve the
>>    overall Google Search experience for users.

[...]

> How is this going to '"better protect" Google Search against malicious
> activity, such as bots and spam'?

I believe the idea is that if the robot doesn't speak Javascript, it's
an easy denial by the web server.  And making bots speak Javascript is
one step up.  And with Javascript they can likely monitor things like
mouse movement to detect whether the user is a human or a robot.  

I'm not approving the idea; just sharing what I think they might have in
mind when they say Javascript will help them fend off robots.