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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 | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):
Replying to [comment:6 viktorj]:
> Replying to [comment:5 sysrqb]:
> > The platform/OS on which Tor Browser is running can be detected
multiple ways, spoofing the user agent is simply a low-hanging fruit for
obscuring it. The usefulness of this is debatable, but we should minimize
the differences between platforms when it is possible.
>
> I understand. Ideally the user agent should be the same for all
platforms, but I see that the platform can be identified at least via the
fonts at the moment.
Not everyone does OS detection through installed fonts though everyone
collects user-agents. Also with JS disabled OS detection is MUCH harder.
Giving away *free* entropy like that is intolerable.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26146#comment:7>
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