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intika / Librefox

Librefox: Firefox with privacy enhancements
https://librefox.org
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problems with Google recaptcha #97

Closed Brotherlui closed 5 years ago

Brotherlui commented 5 years ago

Hi, i really would like to thank you providing us enhanced security with Librefox. After installing, i´ve got problems with Googles reCAPTCHAs not working properly anymore. Solved puzzles are not recognized anymore, switching to audio results in a statement "Your computer or network may send automated requests. For the protection of our users, we are currently unable to process your request. More information can be found on our help pages". Maybe there are settings i need to change? Who can help? Many thanks in advance.

intika commented 5 years ago

Thank you for your feedback, this is a duplicate of the issue https://github.com/intika/Librefox/issues/89 indeed this is a side effect of privacy, this is because of cookies most of the time, for example the Google Captcha which is used widely will let you in without verification if you are logged into your google account or if it detect other activities like amazon etc. (over cookies), there is no magic solution if you want less authentication bot you will need to enable cookie and keep them over restart. (disable sanitizing cookie when the browser is closed) but bear in mind that this lead to tracking which is used to identify you as not being a bot...

here is what to do to stay connected on sites and avoid bot check :

  1. Comment lockPref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2) by adding // at the beginning of the line under the file mozilla.cfg

  2. Open Firefox's preferences, under "Privacy & Security" (about:preferences#privacy) right to Clear history when Firefox closes click Settings... and uncheck Cookies and Active Logins

intika commented 5 years ago

Let me know if you need further help ;)