Re: [LINK] Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search

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.