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Good idea. I wonder why the privacy-protecting Add-Ons (ABP, uBlock Origin) don't mask the UA by default. On the other hand, trackers will probably just switch
by phlo 10y ago
Good idea. I wonder why the privacy-protecting Add-Ons (ABP, uBlock Origin) don't mask the UA by default.
On the other hand, trackers will probably just switch to detecting the capabilities of the browser using JS and then map each distinct set of capabilities to the matching browser version. In that scenario, an Add-On replacing your UA will actually increase trackability, as long as the majority of people aren't using it.
- jhasse 10y agoBecause many sites (including most of Google's) won't work then ;) Also it would be very easy to detect if a user is running an adblocker then.
- cm3 10y agouMatrix offers a feature to randomly pick a UA every 5 (configurable) minutes from a set of configurable UAs. This works, although GMail might complain about the UA being too old. Reloading GMail resolves it.
- paulryanrogers 10y agoString matching is much simpler than timing and other means. Terse+honest agent strings could also avoid the confusing bloat seen in UAs like Edge.