Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el?

["Clément Pit--Claudel" <clement.pit@gmail.com>]

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On 04/06/2016 12:56 AM, Richard Stallman wrote:
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>   > I meant IceCat. It sends its precise version, and it reveals that I'm using Firefox. 
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> Are you sure?  I don't think so.  I think that string is entirely made up.
> That is what Ruben told me.

I was wrong to say precise version; it seems that it sends its major version only :) 

Icecat 31 sends this:
  Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0
Icecat 38 sends this:
  Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0

Additionally, IceCat of course leaks the fact that you're using LibreJS, which probably goes a long way towards identifying IceCat. I wonder if profiling the list of websites that SpyBlock is blocking would give further information. If that's not enough, differences in behaviour between successive versions of LibreJs can probably help in pinpointing a precise version.

Clément.


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