CAPTCHA not displayed on topix.com

A user reports that she is unable to post on topix.com because the CAPTCHA is not displayed. The site tells users to ensure that javascript and cookies are enabled.

To test this without signing up or logging in:

• Go to http://www.topix.com/
• Scroll down choose a discussion
• Scroll down, choose a comment, and click "Reply"

added component::https everywhere/eff-https everywhere owner::pde priority::medium resolution::fixed severity::normal status::closed tbb-usability-website type::defect labels

I just tested, and this does not appear to be related to third party cookies. Not sure what is wrong..

Trac:
Keywords: N/A deleted, tbb-usability-website added

Doing the Torbutton settings change dance, and/or changing prefs from https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowser.git/blob/HEAD:/build-scripts/config/prefs.js is probably the way forward to diagnosing this.

It might also be the case that their captcha server simply bans some/most/all Tor nodes via some stupid IP rate limiting scheme. Might be worth testing in a vanilla firefox with just SOCKS settings, first?

Wow. Turns out to be an HTTPS-Everyhwere issue... Leaving the Keywords field though (fearing Mike's wrath ;) ).

Trac:
Owner: mikeperry to pde
Component: TorBrowserButton to EFF-HTTPS Everywhere

I cannot reproduce this with HTTPS Everywhere 3.0.4 (I was able to post the comment here).

Is this a 4.0development branch problem, or has Topix fixed it themselves?

Hmmm, looks like I had disabled the CacheFly ruleset. Re-enabling it triggers the bug.

Forcing topix.cachefly.net to http with a downgrade rule seems to fix this. Ugly, but committing.

Trac:
Resolution: N/A to fixed
Status: new to closed

Replying to runa:

A user reports that she is unable to post on topix.com because the CAPTCHA is not displayed. The site tells users to ensure that javascript and cookies are enabled.

To test this without signing up or logging in:

• Go to http://www.topix.com/
• Scroll down choose a discussion
• Scroll down, choose a comment, and click "Reply"

I don't know why this is marked as fixed and closed. I was using Tor and Topix was working, though Tor was NOT hiding my ISP. I had to add anonymox to Tor to do that but at least I could post on Topix. Then it stopped allowing me to post through Tor. I uninstalled Tor, reinstalled Tor and still am not allowed to post on Topix, cannot even mark judg-its. Why is this marked fixed and closed and how can this be fixed, or can it not be fixed for Tor?

Trac:
Username: djerome2000

A user reports that she is unable to post on topix.com because the CAPTCHA is not displayed. The site tells users to ensure that javascript and cookies are enabled.

To test this without signing up or logging in:

    Go to ​http://www.topix.com/
    Scroll down choose a discussion
    Scroll down, choose a comment, and click "Reply" 

I don't know why this is marked as fixed and closed. I was using Tor and Topix was working, though Tor was NOT hiding my ISP. I had to add anonymox to Tor to do that but at least I could post on Topix. Then it stopped allowing me to post through Tor. I uninstalled Tor, reinstalled Tor and still am not allowed to post on Topix, cannot even mark judg-its. Why is this marked fixed and closed and how can this be fixed, or can it not be fixed for Tor?

Trac:
Username: djerome2000
Status: closed to reopened
Resolution: fixed to N/A

It works with JS on.

Trac:
Status: reopened to closed
Sponsor: N/A to N/A
Severity: N/A to Normal
Resolution: N/A to fixed

closed

mentioned in issue #7710 (closed)

mentioned in issue #14707 (moved)

mentioned in issue #14707 (moved)

mentioned in issue #14707 (moved)

moved to tpo/applications/https-everywhere-eff#7585 (closed)

mentioned in issue tpo/applications/tor-browser#14707 (closed)