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> On Jun 17, 2023, at 7:12 AM, onefang <onefang_devuan@???> wrote:
>
> 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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—Curtis