Yesterday I saw the Google “Unusual Traffic Detected” Message and CAPTCHA screen after starting a search from Safari’s search bar on my iPhone. It also appeared when I used the Google Search App, so here’s how I solved the problem at got past the CAPTCHA:
1. If you have the Google App installed, press and hold the app icon until it starts to jiggle around and a cross in a circle appears in the top left corner of the icon.
2. Press the cross and select ‘Delete’ in the following dialogue box.
3. Next press the ‘Settings’ icon on your iPhone and scroll down to the Safari options. Select the Safari tab.
4. Under ‘General’ select the Search Engine tab and then select ‘Bing’ from the list.
5. All done! You can now search the Internet without interference from Google, and Bing recycles the most popular Google searches anyway.
6. The only downside is that Bing is run by Microsoft so you’ve effectively just sold your soul to Beelzebub!
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