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| From | "Vincent Coen" <VBCoen@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: Ubuntu Firefox puzzle |
| Date | 2025-09-23 22:53 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <1758664412@f1.n250.z2.fidonet.ftn> (permalink) |
| References | <10atsci$2skk7$1@dont-email.me> <1758638302@f1.n250.z2.fidonet.ftn> <10audm9$32naq$1@dont-email.me> |
Hello Davey! 23 Sep 25 16:17, Davey wrote to all: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:38:22 +0100 > "Vincent Coen" <VBCoen@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Vince! >> Hello Davey! >> >> 23 Sep 25 11:22, Davey wrote to all: >> >> > Recently, say over the last couple of weeks, I have been >> > experiencing problems with my Firefox remembering login data. >> > Two websites especially. HSBC, which has been throwing up a >> pop-up >> > after entering my ID but before asking me for my Security Code. >> > Even though I always check the 'do Not Remind Me Again' box, it >> > comes back up later. Not always the next time I log on, but it >> > always comes back up again. HSBC's solution is for me to use >> > Microsoft Edge, which I don't think works with Linux. The other >> > website is The Telegraph.co.uk, which occasionally throws up an >> > 'Access Restricted, you need permission' message. I have an >> active >> > account, confirmed by them. This message is usually on the home >> > page, but has recently broadened its range to any page. Sometimes >> > I can remove it by repeatedly clicking on the Reload button, >> > sometimes it doesn't work. I can even be on the home page >> > successfully, then I go to a different tab, and when I return to >> > the home page, I get the 'Access Restricted' massage again. Has >> > anybody else seen anything similar? I am using Ubuntu 22.04LTS, >> > Firefox ver. 143.0.1 (64-bit). As usual, any help most >> > appreciated. >> >> Have you specified that you refuse cookies ? >> If so it would not remember any pre-settings. etc although that said >> these cookies should be required and be able to opt out. >> > Yes, I have told them my cookie habits.(!) > Today, for example, the Telegraph would not let me see the home page, > it would let me see go to one of the links there, then back at the > home page, it refused me access. I cleared the cache, and it would > still not let me in. Later, it did with no problem. Today, they said > that they had recently upgraded their security systems, and some older > browsers do not now work. My version of Firefox must be one of them. > This one has legs..... I have logged in to the telegraph this pm with firefox v143.0 (with a note of an update) with no problems once I logged in using email address and passwd - I am a subscriber of the printed copy. Vincent
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