From: mrbarryedw.20@aussiebroadband.com.au   
      
   David E. Ross wrote on 13/10/25 7:42 am:   
   > 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   
   >   
      
   I don't have PrefBar and am Linux only, but a new about:config   
   preference Name:   
   "general.useragent.override.google.com"   
   and using the value:   
   "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101   
   Firefox/128.0"   
   works on my Linux SeaMonkey-2.53.23.   
   Unlike Schugo's working blank space, that value fails for me.   
      
   Using the Linux values for the pref just gets Google's reCAPTCHA   
   challenge. How about spoofing Windows on Linux as being so wrong? WOW!   
   Google Search taught me that CAPTCHA is the class and reCaPTCHA is   
   Google's version, so it is a desired informative browser component.   
   Many thanks for the assistance David. Much appreciated.   
      
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