Re: [tor-bugs] #27495 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser 8.0 wrong user-agent

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#27495: Tor Browser 8.0 wrong user-agent
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 Reporter:  temp123                   |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:  duplicate
 Keywords:                            |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by cypherpunks3):

 Replying to [comment:2 arma]:
 > This ticket makes a good point that the useragent is actually set to
 Windows in my about:config, so it sure looks like it's *trying* to set the
 useragent, it's just not actually setting it correctly (or using it).
 >
 > (I hear from the tor browser devs that they are no longer trying to lie
 about user agent, (a) because you can't actually convincing lie, because
 there are so many other components that would have to change too, and (b)
 because when Android enters the scene, they won't want to get served the
 non-mobile version of pages. But I think there are still some arguments in
 favor of setting the useragent to Windows for the desktop version: passive
 website logs only look at user-agent for one, and when the openbsd people
 get their Tor Browser going they'll sure stand out. Oh and a third reason
 is the flood of people who keep thinking there's a bug to report. :)

 The first issue is the most severe. I do not want to be the only person in
 the website logs who is shown as using Linux. The fix is so easy. Is there
 any way we can correct this? Should I be installing a browser extension to
 force the user agent?

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