eBay warning no more Seamonkey support

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leishirsute
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eBay warning no more Seamonkey support

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Got this in my email after upgrading to latest Seamonkey version 2.49.3 .
In fairness, I hadn't visited ebay.com in a while.

==== From email ====
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View this message in your browser
eBay
Oh No!
We noticed that you’re on an outdated web browser that may compromise your security as you shop online.

As of June 26, 2018 you will no longer be able to check out on eBay with your current browser.
Update to the latest version now so you can continue
to check out safely and securely.

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Re: eBay warning no more Seamonkey support

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That's odd for 2 reasons. Firstly because I don't get that message at all with Ebay.

But, mainly because that end of June stuff actually relates to the date when Ebay is insisting on TLS 1.2 or greater (it's a security, bit like SSL) and SeaMonkey already supports 1.2 by default and if you change a setting in about:config it'll support 1.3.
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leishirsute
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Re: eBay warning no more Seamonkey support

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I only got the message from ebay by email.

I can still get to the website, but I have not tried buying anything.

Here's the browser based message I received by email:
http://view.seller.ebay.com/?qs=c0af065 ... f1521a1495
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Re: eBay warning no more Seamonkey support

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leishirsute wrote:I only got the message from ebay by email.

I can still get to the website, but I have not tried buying anything.

Here's the browser based message I received by email:
http://view.seller.ebay.com/?qs=c0af065 ... f1521a1495
Maybe I didn't get it because I only buy, not sell, on Ebay?

Anyway, I reckon I got that wrong, I was thinking of Ebay's PayPal side - http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14802480 The security of PayPal is harder/stronger than Ebay, but it's possible that message relates to a 'just Ebay' thing. Doesn't matter if it does, easy enough to get around as that's just another override entry, whereas if your browser doesn't (this one does) support the TLS they want, then you really are stuffed.
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leishirsute
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Re: eBay warning no more Seamonkey support

Post by leishirsute »

It might still be related to paypal as the message states "check out" will no longer be available with the unsupported browser.
To me, "check out" means final purchase process.
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