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Ever since updating to Firefox 13.x, I've been having issues with Captchas. ...and I don't mean I have to allow specific elements or even disable Noscript globally... I mean I have to disable the add-on entirely and restart firefox in order to make it work.

One example is a captcha thrown by linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login-submit

I'm not on LinkedIn, so unfortunately I can't test this. What I can suggest is a) Is there anything NoScript-related in Tools-Error Console? and b) Have you tried a new profile?

no errors in the console directly related to noscript... but a new profile DOES make it work. Do you have any hints on how to reset the profile data without blowing away the entire profile.

(Incidentally, the recaptcha for THIS page doesn't display either ... without a test profile or total disable of noscript.)

I clicked the "I'm a human" button & it replied, "no you are not!" .


> I'm not on LinkedIn

You don't need one.
Just enter bogus un/pw (at the top of the page) & you're taken to the captcha page.


Disable NoScript.
Does the captcha then display/work?
If not, then it is not a NoScript issue .

Otherwise, some other blocking that you may have going on.
Somewhere, blocking google.com, HOSTS file?

Oink wrote:Disable NoScript.
Does the captcha then display/work?
If not, then it is not a NoScript issue .

as per the original post, disabling noscript makes the captcha display.

Oink wrote:no errors in the console directly related to noscript... but a new profile DOES make it work. Do you have any hints on how to reset the profile data without blowing away the entire profile.

(Incidentally, the recaptcha for THIS page doesn't display either ... without a test profile or total disable of noscript.)

Just to clarify: this is a clean profile with just NoScript installed (no addons will be installed by default)? If so, and it works, then it sounds like your old profile is corrupt. I wouldn't try to copy any of it over to the new one, lest you corrupt the new one, but if you want to, it's just a matter of copying files from one directory to the other.

I have been having the same problem at www.tinypic.com. No matter how many times I respond to their Captcha request correctly when uploading a photo I always get a "Captcha reply failed" message. I have not tried disabling NoScript and restarting Firefox. My solution so far has been to use Internet Explorer for that site.

Sometimes I get a captcha at www.tinypic.com (even though I have already logged in to my account), though it has always worked fine for me?

Screenshot of this "Captcha reply failed" message?
(Perhaps you could post it at tinypic .)

As a test, create a new, clean Profile, install NoScript, leave it at its defaults, & see if tinypic captcha works as expected.

I'm unable to access my second profile because the claimed Tools > Switch Profile option does not exist and I made the error of checking the box in the Profile Manager that said "Do not ask me anymore".

Here's the Captcha screenshots as an animated GIF so you can verify the correct code was entered before getting the failed message:

7leagues wrote:I'm unable to access my second profile because the claimed Tools > Switch Profile option does not exist and I made the error of checking the box in the Profile Manager that said "Do not ask me anymore"

See: http://forums.informaction.com/viewtopi ... 040#p40040

dhouwn wrote:See: http://forums.informaction.com/viewtopi ... 040#p40040

See http://forums.informaction.com/viewtopi ... 040#p40042

Heh, didn't notice you being the same person.

Although I am the same person I regret I did not provide the answer to the question you asked. Sorry about that.
Having achieved entry into my new profile I tested the Captcha at tinypic.com and still got the same result. Could it be NoScript interfering with the data transfer of the Captcha form? Are you able to upload anything without logging into an account dhouwn? Actually, believing that the lack of account may have been the issue, I created one but still got the same upload failed message.

Ah, you're right, NoScript is interfering (& perhaps more so when you are not logged in).

In addition to tinypic.com, you also need to allow solvemedia.com or else you always returned a failure.

Now solvemedia.com does not show up to be allowed until the captcha box actually displays, so it is more apt to be overlooked.
(There is also a saymedia.com that may be needed if you wanted the captcha to "speak" the code to you.)

I feel really stupid. The Captcha form has Solvemedia on it so how could I have overlooked that?!?!
Thanks so much for getting to the bottom of that therube.