Anonsurf throwing recaptcha

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Hey, I am new to Parrot OS and Linux in general.
I was really impressed with the idea of the OS being security centric (anonsurf specifically) and lightweight at the same time, along with a decent GUI.
So I tested it…
Whenever I used anonsurf, there were very long recaptcha verifications every 2 minutes, that was very frustrating.
Is there anything that I missed to configure or doing wrong? Can it be fixed?
Also is there any even bare minimum version of he OS than Parrot-Home, without vscodium and other apps?

Cheers!

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Welcome. :slight_smile:

I know your pain. :laughing:

This is because many websites now incorporate captchas for Tor exit nodes.

On a positive note, you can sometimes bypass captchas by switching your Tor node identity (depending on layout). Sometimes it takes a couple identity switches to get an exit node not recognized.

Hope this helps.

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Thanks.
So, does that mean Anonsurf can’t be used to surf the web smoothly?

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Depends on the sites you visit and their network setup.

If Google doesn’t recognize your device fingerprint (off Anonsurf) you will also be thrown a captcha to solve (sometimes endlessly).

If choosing to visit captcha sites, you have to deal with solving captcha or changing your ip to bypass on Tor/Anonsurf.

Unfortunately too many ppl have abused Tor to attack websites and it led to this environment.