User level: Level 1 (4 points)Hello
My ipad keeps asking if I am a robot. This started after the latest update. I am on the auto apple verification. I have cleared safari history.
my iphone seems to be okay.
its madding, I use home internet.
why?
Do we need another update from Apple to fix this?
thank you
Posted on Sep 24, 2026 7:18 AM
User level: Level 10 (334,506 points)Sep 24, 2026 10:39 AM in response to wen182
wen182 wrote:
Hi, I trying to use google and every time I put in a search it ask me to prove I am not a robot.
shopping or just noising
thanks
You have encountered a recent common issue that occurs when accessing Google Services from iOS/iPadOS devices that are themselves using Apple's advanced privacy and security features.
Apple's built-in web-tracking defences are so good that Google seemingly has difficulty with reliable device fingerprinting for user tracking. Remember, Google's main business interest is user-profiling, in part intended for targeted advertising.
This tedious Google behaviour can be suppressed by ensuring that you have signed-in to any Google Service using your Google Account (if you have one). Signing-in to any Google service should resolve your current frustration - at the expense of allowing Google limited ability to follow your individual browsing habits.
Apple's Private Relay service (if used) is particularly capable of triggering Google's unwanted "robot" challenges...
Private Relay is one of Apple's many privacy technologies, this feature being designed to inhibit tracking by hiding the true IP source address of the user's traffic. Private Relay critically and effectively disrupts one element of Google's profiling/tracking.
If utilised, turning-off Private Relay removes its protection for all your traffic - not just browsing. Leaving Private Relay enabled, but signing in to Google services, will suppress the annoyance presented by Google while preserving the benefits afforded by Private Relay for other traffic.
User level: Level 10 (334,506 points)Sep 24, 2026 7:53 AM in response to wen182
Presumably you are seeing this with a specific website - as accessed using a Browser App?
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Sep 24, 2026 8:03 AM in response to wen182
Hi
I trying to use google and every time I put in a search it ask me to prove I am not a robot.
shopping or just noising
thanks
User level: Level 10 (85,896 points)Sep 24, 2026 8:40 AM in response to wen182
I trying to use google and every time I put in a search it ask me to prove I am not a robot.
That sounds like typical Google nonsense. See: https://support.google.com
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Sep 24, 2026 10:03 AM in response to LotusPilot
Hi, I trying to use google and every time I put in a search it ask me to prove I am not a robot.
shopping or just noising
thanks
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Sep 24, 2026 10:03 AM in response to Allan Jones
Thanks
User level: Level 10 (334,506 points)Sep 24, 2026 10:34 AM in response to wen182
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Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256364167