Update defaultUserAgentStrings to latest UAs #808
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Using the defaults lead to many major sites (Google, Google Drive, GitHub, Spotify etc) reporting the browser was out-of-date and either presenting nag screens or preventing being loaded at all. A given user is almost certainly a power user and capable of updating the list themselves, but this at least improves the initial experience. Source of data is the same URL (https://techblog.willshouse.com/2012/01/03/most-common-user-agents/), but updated as of November 13th 2017, taking the top 8 UA strings listed.
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The user agent spoofing isn’t working in uMatrix because, it doesn’t spoof the OS. |
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@zero77 Please don't make such a general statement. You may mention that it doesn't guarantee websites won't be able to identify it, but the sites I use it with only check for the actual user-agent info in the http request, so it works perfectly for my usage. Example: 4shared.com along with a mobile user-agent. |
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The UA switcher will be removed, so there is no point working toward it. It's best to install a real, dedicated UA switcher, or if the goal is privacy, to deal with the fingerprinting issue with a better general approach -- like using Firefox anti-fingerprinting feature. |
What feature is that. |
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Using the defaults lead to many major sites (Google, Google Drive, GitHub, Spotify etc) reporting the browser was out-of-date and either presenting nag screens or preventing being loaded at all. A given user is almost certainly a power user and capable of updating the list themselves, but this at least improves the initial experience.
Source of data is the same URL (https://techblog.willshouse.com/2012/01/03/most-common-user-agents/), but updated as of November 13th 2017, taking the top 8 UA strings listed.