From: Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov   
      
   Barryedwin1 wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0   
   Works for me.   
      
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