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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  (the site that   
   serves the captcha)?   
      
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