From Blind Bargains as of ttwo days back:
CAPTCHA Solver WebVisum May Now be Gone for Good with Firefox 53
J.J. Meddaugh
Apr 23, 2017 9:18 PM ET
one of the earliest methods for users to solve visual CAPTCHAs may now be
obsolete once and for all. WebVisum, a Firefox add-on for solving the pesky
visual puzzles, seems to no longer work with the latest version of the
browser.
Indeed, the recent history of WebVisum can be described as murky at best.
Once the gold standard for solving a CAPTCHA on a website, changes in
Firefox threatened its existence a year ago. Firefox added a new security
feature which required that
all extensions be signed by version 43.
This rendered the ad-don unusable until James Scholes
stepped forward with a quick fix
which made the solver work again.
Firefox
introduced new add-on requirements for Firefox 53
and this version became the default for Windows users as of April 18. The
makers of WebVisum have seemingly not shown much interest in maintaining the
add-on, and it will take someone to revitalize the code if there is to be
any future for the add-on. We do not advise you to remain with an older
version of Firefox just to retain the use of WebVisum, as doing so will
leave you vulnerable to other security concerns.
Other options
Accessible Apps offers
Captcha be Gone as a service
which is available for a few dollars a month. It supports Firefox, Chrome,
and Internet Explorer with plans to expand to other browsers.
Rumola
offers Firefox, Chrome, and Safari extensions and works on a credit system,
where you can spend a small amount of money to solve a number of CAPTCHA
challenges. The Firefox add-on has not been updated since 2014 and we have
not tested its functionality on Firefox 53, but other add-ons are available
in case one stops functioning.
-----Original Message-----
From: David via Talk
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 8:49 PM
To: mcleod stinnett ; Window-Eyes Discussion List ; [email protected]
Subject: Re: firefox and w/e
Perhaps I am missing something. But what info do you have, that
indicates Webvisum no longer to work with Firefox.
I just checked their homepage, and did not find any such indication.
Maybe I did not look carefully enough. Still, if you could please
provide some info on the matter, I would greatly love to know, before
upgrading to newest version of the browser, which was suggested on my
computer this morning.
BTW, would anyone know how to block automatic updates in Firefox? I am
not too eager on doing so, as it does pose a risk, but just wanted to
know in case it should be necessary. Or, alternatively, how do I roll
back an installed update?
Thanks,
David
On 4/25/2017 2:33 AM, mcleod stinnett via Talk wrote:
now that web visum no longer works with f f 53 i went back to f f 455
e s r and w v works fine. however, plain old favorites no longer
works. and, i can't go in to browse mode with w/e, it says browse mode
not availavle, no matter where i go, i have w/e set to go into browse
mode with ctrl shft a, shood i re install w/e? thanks
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