Re: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.

2016-09-10 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
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

Re: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.

2016-09-10 Thread ng0
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

Re: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.

2016-09-10 Thread Ludovic Courtès
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

Re: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.

2016-09-10 Thread Alex Vong
Hello, Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: > 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. > While this

Re: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.

2016-09-10 Thread Brendan Tildesley
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

Re: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.

2016-09-10 Thread ng0
Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: > 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. It is not hardcoded.

Re: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.

2016-09-10 Thread Vincent Legoll
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