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Szerző: onefang
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Tárgy: Re: [DNG] Help with uBlock Origin under Firefox
On 2023-06-17 19:53:17, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote:
> Hi,
>
> onefang <onefang_devuan@???> writes:
>
> > On 2023-06-17 14:51:38, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Steve Litt <slitt@???> writes:
> >>
> >> > capercally.bleery670@??? said on Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:45:02 -0700
> >> >
> >> >>Tor works fine (if you don't mind pages loading slowly), but it is
> >> >>not a complete solution by itself. You also have to mask other facts
> >> >>than your IP address. And unfortunately, already using Linux and
> >> >>even Firefox already cuts the search space by someting like factor
> >> >>of 10000 I think.
> >> >
> >> > How does the website deduce what OS you're using?
> >>
> >> By looking at the User-Agent that the HTTP client may (or may not) send.
> >> Here's what my Firefox sends
> >>
> >> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/102.0
> >>
> >> Most HTTP clients can be configured to send whatever you please.
> >>
> >> # The can even set apt's User-Agent ;-)
> >> # Check /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index for details.
> >
> > So none of us package mirror admins should scratch our heads when we see
> > Mac and Windows boxen installing apt packages? lol
>
> Nor should you scratch your heads when you see people thanking you for
> doing a great job ;-P
>
> Acquire::http::User-Agent "Good Job!";
> Acquire::https::User-Agent "Keep up the Good Work!";
>
> Just so you know ;-)


That's more of a pat on the head. B-)

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