From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nils Gillmann Subject: Re: IceCat's user-agent reports Windows NT 6.1, Re: IceCat's user-agent reports Windows NT 6.1 Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 19:31:26 +0000 Message-ID: <20180513193126.pq3ohv5seh7kym2j@abyayala> References: <87vabrluum.fsf@gmail.com> <87bmdjzu5z.fsf@lassieur.org> <87vabrluum.fsf@gmail.com> <87bmdjzu5z.fsf@lassieur.org> <87y3gnreb2.fsf@gmail.com> <87y3gnreb2.fsf@gmail.com> <87vabrxwuu.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]:53950) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHzfH-0005ha-F2 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 13 May 2018 18:40:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHwhv-0004tZ-AC for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 13 May 2018 15:31:00 -0400 Received: from conspiracy.of.n0.is ([2a01:4f8:1c0c:7ad0::1]:49426) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHwhv-0004tL-0P for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 13 May 2018 15:30:59 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87vabrxwuu.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: Chris Marusich Cc: "help-guix@gnu.org" , =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur Chris Marusich transcribed 1.8K bytes: > Nils Gillmann writes: > > > Reducing fingerprinting is hardly advertisment. > > I agree with Nils: the IceCat default user agent string is accomplishing > its intended purpose, which is to protect users' privacy by default by > obscuring your fingerprint. You can change it if you want to. > > Pierre Neidhardt writes: > > > 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. > > On this topic, you might find the following humorous article to be > interesting: > > https://webaim.org/blog/user-agent-string-history/ > > The meaning of the user agent string is pretty muddy in today's world! > > -- > Chris Offtopic, but gmail seems to have broken Mailinglist / Thread interaction now. You are sending every reply with a double subject. Not that it's distracting, but it would be great if it could be avoided.