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Jitsi, Bowser, and IceCat's user agent string

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Message #26 received at 58011 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 58011 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael McMahon <michael <at> fsf.org>
Subject: Re: bug#58011: Jitsi, Bowser, and IceCat's user agent string
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 23:49:16 -0400

there is more to it than the user-agent string - there are
several associated config vars which affect that cloudflare
browser check - i have been patching icecat like so, since 2021,
specifically to fix this problem

https://git.parabola.nu/~bill-auger/icecat.git/commit/?h=do-not-spoof-useragent&id=1351954b2fba37cec9262e970a84ce0d7b62df1d

in short, the solution is to "do nothing" - do not attempt to
override the defaults - parabola used to do the same for
iceweasel, until this problem appeared and the cause was
identified - after some discussion, we agreed that the generic
configuration is the most desirable anyways; because as you
noted regarding the tor button, the best way to thwart
fingerprinting is to appear to be as generic as possible

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