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Re:Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private... by GoblinSlayer on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:11AM (#22464564)
User agent override is a builtin feature in firefox for ages.
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Re:Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private... by randomdude402 on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:22AM (#22464641)
Thanks for that info! I had no idea about this.
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Re:Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private... by cpeterso on Monday March 02, 2020 @12:25PM (#22466473)
A quick (though not very user friendly) method to change Firefox's User-Agent string is to create a new about:config pref (string type) called "general.useragent.override" wit the new User-Agent string.
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