generic blocking of CAPTCHA

[MarcA]

Hello,

First, Firefox 12.0, Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, 16 gb RAM, Adblock Lite Plus 1.4.2

Turned off filter subscription for EasyList...

I disabled all block lists, even added the two exception filters:
@@http://google.com/recaptcha/api/js/recaptcha.js
@@api.recaptcha.net

Can't see captcha prompts on any site (nytimes.com "email this article, for one").

Disable Adblock, and the prompts are visible in FireFox.

Ideas?

Thanks,

Marc

p.s. Captcha works fine in internet Explorer 64 bit, also Google Chrome (both current versions)... but I don't have ABP installed on them.

[lewisje]

Try these steps to fix a potentially corrupt certificate store: en/known-issues#no_effect2

Now, if you decide to use those two filters again, try these instead:

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@@||google.com/recaptcha/api/js/recaptcha.js
@@||api.recaptcha.net^

The first one, especially, may not have worked as you intended, because it would not whitelist https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/js/recaptcha.js
for two reasons: It uses the "www" domain rather than the "non-www" one, and it uses HTTPS rather than HTTP. My corrected exception rule solves both problems.

[MarcA]

Thanks, Lewis.

a. my "definitions file" is fine (aka 'not corrupt' - appropriate size, entries show up in the list)
b. replaced the exceptions as you provided, they're now correct in the White List

I'm still not seeing the Captcha screen on sites where I need it in order to proceed to a next step.

Example: http://www.nytimes.com - pick any article, choose "Email" to send it... fill in recipient email, type a bit of text. At that point, it should show the Captcha information so it can be entered. Instead, it remains hidden, pressing ENTER sends an invalid response (since I can't enter text I can't see!).

Other ideas?

I appreciate any assistance.

Marc

[lewisje]

Hidden is the key term there; try adding the following rule, which will disable element-hiding on nytimes.com:

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@@||nytimes.com^$elemhide

In general, however, there's probably a problem external to ABP that is keeping reCAPTCHA from working; do you by any chance also run NoScript, or anything else that may keep the CAPTCHA from loading?

[bigkissfan]

I have been struggling with this issue for quite some time with Firefox versions 30, 40 and now 50. If I disabled ALL add ons and restarted the browser reCAPCTHA would work.

After trial and error it turns out the offending add on for me was Google Disconnect -

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https://disconnect.me/

Not sure WHY this one would cause reCAPTCHA windows to not appear, but once disabled it now works.

[smed79]

@bigkissfan you can remove disconnect and subscribe to EasyPrivacy filter list wich remove tracking from the internet.

Self-Destructing Cookies is also recomended (automatically remove cookies when you close tabs).