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   Daniel70 to Paul B. Gallagher   
   Re: Another "security" feature that SM c   
   12 Jan 26 20:05:50   
   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 12/01/2026 4:45 am, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   M.S. Edge (paid Dev Team) v SeaMonkey (unpaid Dev Team).   
      
   I wonder why there's a difference?!   
      
   Thanks guys.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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