element webapp: “This homeserver would like to make sure you are not a robot.”
me: clicking on the checkbox to open the captcha
google: “Your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can’t process your request right now. For more details visit our help page.”
I could turn off all my privacy settings, addons, and vpn, but that’s not really the point of using privacy-respecting services like matrix.
I definitely could have been more specific there; bridging isn’t built into their servers or rooms by default. Several use it, but definitely not all.
Matrix’ team itself calls this feature “an important idea” and they advertise it as part of their ecosystem