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<div dir="auto">Good morning <span>Robert</span></div>
<div dir="auto">and Marcia,</div>
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<div dir="auto">I would run a virus scan on your computer </div>
<div dir="auto">By cli<span>cking on the button you may have launched something in the background.</span></div>
<div dir="auto"><span>I would also check to see if any new apps were installed recently. If you need a Hand give me a call.</span></div>
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<div dir="auto"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This was sent from my smart phone so message may be brief, Don </font></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 24, 2024 7:24:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marcia Yudkin <yudkinyudkin@yahoo.com><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Hidden-tech] What is "browser support"?</font>
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Some questions:<br>
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What operating system is running on your laptop? What Version?<br>
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What browser are you using on your laptop? What version?<br>
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What operating system is running on your laptop? What version? Are you using a <br>
"NYTimes App" on your cell phone? Are you reading articles from E-Mail on your <br>
cellphone or a browser?<br>
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(These questions might seem weird, but the answers will give us a clue as to <br>
what is going on.)<br>
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At Wed, 24 Jan 2024 21:11:57 +0000 (UTC) Marcia Yudkin <yudkinyudkin@yahoo.com> wrote:<br>
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> i have a paid subscription to the NY Times and am now in a new location on my laptop where I am occasionally being blocked from some inner pages of the NY Times with an error message saying that they believe I am a robot.<br>
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> This never happens from front-page stories, only on some less prominent stories. I didn't take a screen shot, unfortunately, of the error message.<br>
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> I (reasonably) believed it was the NY Times blocking me from their content. However, they insist it is not them - it is either my ISP or my browser doing it. This makes no sense to me.<br>
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> On the error message, it suggested that I disable my VPN and ad blockers (neither of which I use), and if that didn't work, to clock the "browser support" button below. I did that many times, to no apparent effect.<br>
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> According to the NY Times, that "browser support" is not them but some other entity doing the blocking and being responsible for unblocking me. I do not understand this at all. Why on earth would a browser block me from accessing certain paid content
and no other content? This error message comes up ONLY with the NY Times.<br>
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> One more possible clue: This doesn't happen when I use my cellphone on the same wifi system as my laptop to access the pages in question. In other words, if I get blocked on my laptop by something saying I am a robot, I can then read that story on my
cellphone. (Which of course is a hassle.)<br>
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> Can anyone shed light on this? If it happens again (I thought it was fixed but then I got blocked again yesterday), I will grab a screenshot, but in the meantime...???<br>
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> Marcia Yudkin<br>
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