Ludovic Courtès writes:
> This would be a bad idea. The user-agent string above was chosen so
> that users fall into a large “anonymity set”. If we applied this patch,
> then web servers could trivially identify us.
>
> On this topic, see:
>
> https://panopticlick.eff.org/
Thanks for the expl
Hi,
Brendan Tildesley writes:
> On 2016-09-10 19:18, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Attached simple patch fixes spreading of theh terribly ignoring lie that
>> I would be running Windows NT.
>>
>> I'm probably displayng unimaginable ignorance here but it's beyond me
>> why a project like
Hello Jan,
Jan Nieuwenhuizen skribis:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-fix-useragent.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +--- icecat-38.8.0/browser/app/profile/icecat.js.orig 2016-09-10
> 09:56:30.809082564 +0200
> icecat-38.8.0/browser/app/profile/icecat.js 2016-09-10
> 09
an either use
random-agent-spoofer to change user agent perodically or User Agent
Switcher to change to a particular user agent.
> Greetings,
> Jan
>
Cheers,
Alex
> From c203a34e3f07b8c7e6c0381ef07a9ebde4d0ae29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen
> Date: Sat, 10 S
On 2016-09-10 19:18, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Attached simple patch fixes spreading of theh terribly ignoring lie that
> I would be running Windows NT.
>
> I'm probably displayng unimaginable ignorance here but it's beyond me
> why a project like Firefox would hardcode such a default.
>
T
1ef07a9ebde4d0ae29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:00:38 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.
>
> * gnu/packages/patches/icecat-fix-useragent.patch: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> Attached simple patch fixes spreading of theh terribly ignoring lie that
> I would be running Windows NT.
>
> I'm probably displayng unimaginable ignorance here but it's beyond me
> why a project like Firefox would hardcode such a defaul
Jan
>From c203a34e3f07b8c7e6c0381ef07a9ebde4d0ae29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:00:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.
* gnu/packages/patches/icecat-fix-useragent.patch: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
