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The article doesn't make it sound like this would be a first line of defense, in fact the author seems quite adamant about its infallibility, but even if such algorithms would be used conservatively it would still be a huge hassle. Imagine every major website nudging you with a popup every once in a while: "we don't like the way you're typing, please use our code generator mobile app to prove it's still you".

I allege that this would have a huge number of false positives for no discernible reason to begin with, but on top of that: I might be on a different keyboard, using a different mouse, using a track pad, might be in bed lazily trying to log in with my laptop, might be injured, might be distracted, I might be in another country using an unfamiliar keyboard layout, a different screen size, the list goes on...



Google started doing this to me; I've had a similar message pop up three times in the last week.


They do it if you are on a shared network (like in an office) and someone on the network did something Google doesn't like. Such as scraping them.




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