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   David E. Ross wrote:   
      
   > On 10/12/2025 3:31 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:   
   >> David E. Ross wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> My testing shows that Google search does not work with SeaMonkey   
   >>> unless you spoof Firefox.  It works with Firefox itself and with   
   >>> SeaMonkey pretending to be Firefox by having a Firefox user agent   
   >>> (UA).  This means that Google looks at the UA, which is an invalid   
   >>> way to determine whether a browser can work with Google search.   
   >>>   
   >>> I use PrefBar to spoof various other browsers, including Firefox.   
   >>> Normally, I have "Advertise Firefox compatibility" disabled.   
   >>   
   >> I spoof Firefox too, but it doesn't help. I always "get a challenge   
   >> saying "Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer   
   >> network. This page checks to see if it's really you sending the   
   >> requests, and not a robot. Why did this happen?" and demanding I pass a   
   >> reCAPTCHA, but when I check the box, it just presents an endless spinner.   
   >>   
   >> Could you post a valid UA string that works?   
   >>   
   >> In more general terms, SM hasn't worked with reCAPTCHA and CloudFlare   
   >> for the last few months, so for sites that use them I have to switch to   
   >> another browser.   
   >>   
   >   
   > When I use PrefBar to spoof Firefox, the UA is:   
   > 	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:109.0)   
   > 		 Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0   
   >   
      
   Thanks, that works. The key parameter appears to be the Firefox version;   
   I had previously used "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128)   
   Gecko/20100101 Firefox 108.0," but as soon as I updated to   
   "Firefox/115.0" it started working normally.   
      
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