From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Changing user agent on eww [OT] Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:27:51 -0500 Message-ID: References: <16166511.vzeQlYYo3r@descartes> <87ob32mf2a.fsf_-_@gmail.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1390656470 14447 80.91.229.3 (25 Jan 2014 13:27:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 13:27:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: trentbuck@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 25 14:27:59 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W73HC-0001oU-Go for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:27:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51191 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W73HC-0000Sf-4w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:27:58 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47230) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W73H9-0000SK-3h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:27:55 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W73H6-0004tA-4H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:27:54 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:44368) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W73H6-0004t5-1I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:27:52 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W73H5-0007bu-ID; Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:27:51 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 24 Jan 2014 11:13:27 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:169056 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] As soon as we switch to IPv6, that's true. We will need to change our IPv6 addresses, not stick with the same one. But for now, I often share (at the same time) a single IPv4 address with various people. In the same computer? In different computers? The idea is to completely give up on the idea of "blending into the mass", since header-finger-printing lets them distinguish individuals among the mass anyway. So instead your user-agent string will be unique (instead of common), but you'll never reuse the same one. I am not convinced. If they can tell it's always you, from your IP, the fact that your header data changes in a specific would only identify which browser you use. To use a header string that blends in is the only way. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.