Re:Perplexity AI is lying about their user agent
by Findecanor on Saturday June 15, 2024 @05:11PM
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> Lying in your user agent in order to make the internet work is a practice that is almost as old as user agents.
Twenty years ago, I set up a web proxy on my Linux PC at home to change the User Agent because I was tired of getting popups about my web browser (Opera) not being Mozilla or Internet Explorer. It even contained the text "Shut the F up and follow w3c standards!" at first, until I realised that sites could use that to track me.
Twenty years ago, I set up a web proxy on my Linux PC at home to change the User Agent because I was tired of getting popups about my web browser (Opera) not being Mozilla or Internet Explorer. It even contained the text "Shut the F up and follow w3c standards!" at first, until I realised that sites could use that to track me.