From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nils Gillmann Subject: Re: IceCat's user-agent reports Windows NT 6.1 Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 12:19:28 +0000 Message-ID: <20180513121928.utdtpgj7rl5jknsg@abyayala> References: <87vabrluum.fsf@gmail.com> <87bmdjzu5z.fsf@lassieur.org> <87y3gnreb2.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35576) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHpxs-0005dA-Uy for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 13 May 2018 08:19:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHpxs-0007Zw-25 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 13 May 2018 08:19:00 -0400 Received: from conspiracy.of.n0.is ([2a01:4f8:1c0c:7ad0::1]:47620) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHpxr-0007ZE-Oh for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 13 May 2018 08:18:59 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y3gnreb2.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: "help-guix@gnu.org" , =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur Pierre Neidhardt transcribed 981 bytes: > > Sounds like a misfeature to me: lots of website use it to display the > right content depending on the OS the user is running (tutorials, > downloads, etc.). Disclosing the OS family the user is running is > hardly a threat to privacy in my opinion. This is to reduce fingerprinting. With Guix it's even more crucial because the user base is (probably) rather small. Compare to what you can find about Torbrowser's reasons for displaying the same string. > Besides, isn't it deceptively advertising the dominance of a non-free > OS? Doesn't sound quite GNU to me... Reducing fingerprinting is hardly advertisment. > -- > Pierre Neidhardt