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I disagree, you have the right to set your user-agent to anything you’d like, or nothing at all.
by quailfarmer 3y ago
I disagree, you have the right to set your user-agent to anything you’d like, or nothing at all.
- rolph 3y agoi found a page with some helpful suggestions for user-agent strings that could be adopted by default , ideally at ^scale^. Google Crawlers and User Agent Strings – 2023 List https://www.stanventures.com/blog/googlebot-user-agent-string/ https://www.stanventures.com/blog/googlebot-user-agent-strin...
- rileymat2 3y agoI am not sure where you are getting this as a right, because things like fraud are illegal. It might be good policy but where is the right?
- emacsen2 3y ago[dead]
- quailfarmer 3y agoAgreed there is no explicitly enumerated right, but in the context of computing, it is not illegal for a computer to transmit “untrue” information. Fraud is a significantly higher bar. I am not a cyber-lawyer.
- aionaiodfgnio 3y agoIn the U.S., most rights are not explicitly enumerated. People are assumed to have all conceivable rights, and the restrictions must be explicitly enumerated. There is no law against lying in general. There is, however, an explicitly enumerated right to freedom of speech. There are only a handful of recognized categories of non-protected speech. Lying isn't one of them.
- aionaiodfgnio 3y agoIn American law, the right to speak is assumed. It is the lack of a right to speech that is the exception. There are only a handful of categories of unprotected speech, which can be easily enumerated, and lies aren't one of them. Fraud, defamation, perjury, and obstruction of justice are illegal. That's a much narrower restriction than a ban on lies.
- pravus 3y agoYou cannot keep me from lying. You can only hold me accountable if my lies do harm. So I would take it as a "natural right" even though I realize those are contended.
- pravus 3y ago> That is what "Web Environment Integrity" threatens. This is the important part.