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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: mcs
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: High | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: ff60-esr, tbb-fingerprinting-os, | Actual Points:
tbb-8.0-issues, tbb-8.0.1-can, |
TorBrowserTeam201809R |
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Comment (by arma):
Replying to [comment:55 gk]:
> Today a user came into #tor and said that some videos are not playing
anymore in Tor Browser 8 which played in Tor Browser 7.5.6. After some
debugging and back and forth it turned out that the Linux user agent is
the reason for that: the spoofed one allows to watch the videos while in
the current situation Linux users only get essentially "Sorry, video
format can't get played". So, *not* spoofing is actually breaking things
for Linux users. I guess that's a further argument for fixing this issue.
The user came back to #tor today and confirms that the new Tor Browser
version works (plays videos as expected, even though on Linux). Woo.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26146#comment:70>
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