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Sounds crazy. But a possible way to defeat it is what I do now --- keep two devices. One that meets their requirements for cases where it is absolutely needed
by jqpabc123 3y ago
Sounds crazy.
But a possible way to defeat it is what I do now --- keep two devices. One that meets their requirements for cases where it is absolutely needed and another for everything else.
- teraflop 3y agoAll well and good, until the number of websites that refuse to work without attestation starts inexorably creeping upwards, year after year.
- tumult 3y agoThe cases where your locked device is absolutely necessary will approach 100%.
- rolph 3y agoattested proxies, back n forthing between a user, and the chrome zone
- contravariant 3y agoWhen it comes to a game of chicken it's better to not just seem like you won't move, but to throw out the wheel entirely. Of course it's dubious if it applies here, especially because the playing field doesn't feel quite equal, but I think the most effective thing we can do is simply refuse to use websites that require a custom built user agent to access. Heck maybe we've already mostly lost the battle to keep the internet usable with curl, let's at least try to keep some of the other options open.