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   Paul B. Gallagher to Brian Schrimpp   
   Re: Another "security" feature that SM c   
   11 Jan 26 12:45:02   
   
   From: mozilla@pbg-translations.com   
      
   Brian Schrimpp wrote:   
   > 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)?   
   >   
   > For your initial test, lie to both sites to cover all bases. If this   
   > gives you access [and I predict it will not], you could then test them   
   > individually to see which one is the one.   
   >   
   > It is much more likely the CAPTCHA is using coding that SeaMonkey can't   
   > handle, as Daniel70's first reply in this thread says.   
      
   Confirmed. Lying to both sites didn't help.   
      
   Any hope that SM's implementation of javascript will be updated soon?   
   I've been unable to pass any captcha or cloudflare challenge for months,   
   and upgrading to v. 2.53.23 hasn't helped. M$ Edge passes without   
   difficulty, of course.   
      
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