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They are using your browser footprint to detect you. Try installing/uninstalling another addon and then go for it again. https://panopticlick.eff.org/

because this is my personal computer, after installing another add-on I still think I am very unique to google. anyway to spoof this information to make it less unique? would I need to setup a browser on a empty(not all this personal stuff I got on my laptop) virtual machine to make it less unique?

any suggestions are appreciated
 
Someone asked how it was done.

The first link is the Javascript source code for fingerprinting a browser.

That link would naturally lead to the question of how do I stop it. This leads to the next link: turn Javascript off in the browser and do not use Java, also do not use Adobe products like reader - use non Adobe replacements.

However, this also creaes a unique but unidentifiable fingerprint because everyone but the ultra paranoid uses javascript - most without knowing it. So when you have finished your business, turn it back on.

You can also selectively turn off plugins and fonts to create a different browser fingerprint. AND - keep your browser in privacy mode!

so google isn't going to let me sign up without javascript active...

how would i go about turning off/changing fonts/plugins? this is starting to seem like a whole lot of work for not much payoff.

My guess is a virtual machine with a whole diffirent set of addons/plugins... is that really how difficult they've made it? there's no way to just flat out spoof all this?
 
Try FireGloves addon. It effectively randomizes your browser fingerprint.
 
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