From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 11/01/2026 7:04 am, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:   
   > 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)?   
   >   
   I'm GUESSING the geo.captcha site as they would be the ones actually   
   doing the TESTING, wouldn't they?? Then they'd relay your success (or   
   otherwise) to the former site.   
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   Daniel70   
      
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