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> much better than their completely false “checking the security of your connection” message

The exact wording (which I can easily find, because a good chunk of the internet gives it to me, because I’m on Indian broadband):

> example.com needs to review the security of your connection before proceeding.

It bothers me how this bald-faced lie of a wording has persisted.

(The “Verify you are human by completing the action below.” / “Verify you are human” checkbox is also pretty false, as ticking the box in no way verifies you are human, but that feels slightly less disingenuous.)





Next time open your dev console in your window and look at how much is going on in the background.

checking the checkbox does verify you are human, for the most part.



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