Re:Chrome is deploying HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC
by colejohnson66 on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @05:32PM
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Most sites that “require” Chrome will render and run fine on Firefox. It’s just a matter of setting your user agent to say you’re running Chrome.
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Re:Chrome is deploying HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC
by dingaling on Thursday October 08, 2020 @02:49AM
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Firefox recently removed the facility to set user-agent on a per-site basis. It's only universal now.
So if you now want to spoof as Chrome to your bank, you spoof as Chrome to all websites.
Rather a foot-gun from Mozilla but on par for their recent choices.
Re:Chrome is deploying HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC
by sergeykish on Thursday October 08, 2020 @11:25AM
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Re:Chrome is deploying HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC
by d3nj4l on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @08:52PM
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> It’s just a matter of setting your user agent to say you’re running Chrome.
This is the real clincher - websites discriminating against Firefox often don't know why. I assume it's because they don't want to be liable for using their software on a browser they haven't tested on. Or it's just the good ol' Google search on Firefox mobile thing, i.e. "we'll gimp it for no particular reason!"
Re:Chrome is deploying HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC
by raxxorrax on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:31AM
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Very true and these sites quickly move to a blacklist in my case. Almost all sites can still be displayed in FF though.
Re:Chrome is deploying HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC
by stjohnswarts on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @11:48PM
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It may be now, but how long before everyone moves over to GoogleChromeNet rather than the internet and Firefox can't even read the webpage let alone render it.