From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD. Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 16:27:21 +0200 Message-ID: <87y42zu8xi.fsf@gnu.org> References: <878tv0un7w.fsf@gnu.org> <87twdnor4a.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54358) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bijFz-0008LD-RL for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:27:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bijFv-0001hr-L9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:27:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87twdnor4a.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Sat, 10 Sep 2016 14:51:01 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > This would be a bad idea. The user-agent string above was chosen so > that users fall into a large =E2=80=9Canonymity set=E2=80=9D. If we appl= ied this patch, > then web servers could trivially identify us. > > On this topic, see: > > https://panopticlick.eff.org/ Thanks for the explanation! With either user agent string, I get the same results btw: unique fingerprint. Of course, using GuixSD may be a bit less common than Windows NT today, but times are changing ;-) Greetings, Jan --=20 Jan Nieuwenhuizen | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar=C2=AE http://AvatarAcademy.nl= =20=20