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|    Paul B. Gallagher to Brian Schrimpp    |
|    Re: Another "security" feature that SM c    |
|    10 Jan 26 15:04:51    |
      From: mozilla@pbg-translations.com              Brian Schrimpp wrote:              > Paul B. Gallagher wrote:       >       >> Either way, the putative purpose of the captcha is to test whether I'm       >> a human being, and even when I prove that I am, they reject me. As       >> soon as I switch to another browser, I pass. So it's not my network,       >> it's my SeaMonkey that they're rejecting.       >       > Your SeaMonkey 2.53.22 is based on a much older version of Firefox and       > does not support newer JavaScript features. When a CAPTCHA uses those       > newer features, the CAPTCHA may respond as if JavaScript is not working       > properly (line 2 of the "reasons may include" above).       >       >>>> My theory is they didn't like my user agent string.       >       > You could try this theory out by changing the user-agent string       > (about:config preference general.useragent.override).              OK, I know how to do that and have done so for several sites. But which       site do I lie to for this purpose? cbo.gov (the site I'm trying to view,       which reports the block), or |
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