On 5/17/2011 12:13 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote: > > > On 5/14/2011 9:03 AM, David Carlson wrote: >> Yahoo seems to be changing their e-mail log in security features so that >> I now get a message that I have an incorrect user name/ password >> combination on a screen that has a captcha. Trying again with the >> captcha also fails. Turning off Tor with Torbutton (in Firefox 4.0.1) >> allows logging in to Yahoo. >> >> Interestingly, I have Thunderbird configured to access that same e-mail >> account through Foxyproxy accessing localhost:8118, which should be >> routing that traffic through Vidalia/Tor. This still works. >> >> Is anyone else having issues? >> AT&T refuses to help me, of course, because they know nothing about Tor. >> Does anyone have a suggestion about what to try next? >> > 1st, have you resolved the issue? I use AT&T / Yahoo email > (sometimes) & just logged into it via Tor . As w/ others' suggestions > about logging into some sites w/ Tor, may want to limit exit nodes, by > editing Vidalia's torrc file, to nodes in the SAME country where > either / or: 1) their server (your acct) is located, 2) the same > country as the IP address' location, that you used to sign up for the > acct. > > I used the torrc command, ExitNodes {cc}, where "cc" is your country > code, > followed by the "StrictExitNodes 1" command. > > Had no problem logging into AT&T/Yahoo email - in MY country. Have no > idea in how many countries they offer service. > > Sometimes an "incorrect PW" msg is assoc w/ not having cookies enabled > for the site. > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > Thank you for that suggestion. It seems to be working. Now I am wondering if I became an international traveler, what would I do, use Tor to make it look like I am in the US? If yahoo is actually rejecting log-in attempts based on perceived geographical information, what do they think that they are achieving?
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