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Re: [tor-bugs] #26146 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Setting `general.useragent.override` does not spoof the platform part anymore in ESR 60 which is confusing
#26146: Setting `general.useragent.override` does not spoof the platform part
anymore in ESR 60 which is confusing
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Reporter: gk | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: ff60-esr, tbb-fingerprinting-os | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks3):
Good to know. I'd be interested in learning the actual statistics.
My overall point is more that Linux users may not suffer as much as OSX
users from using a spoofed user agent. This is partially due to the fact
that most websites lack special handling for Linux user agents and only
recognize Windows, OSX, and a few mobile agents. Linux user agents are
typically unknown and the site falls back to Windows behavior. In
addition, Linux users are far more used to websites that do not support
them. In fact, there are a number of websites that actually refuse to
offer full functionality to non-Windows user agents, which is at least one
benefit of keeping user agent spoofing on that platform.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26146#comment:32>
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