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Re:Show HN: DeepSeek My User Agent by 867-5309 on Sunday January 26, 2025 @06:15PM (#42835303)
> Your phone's so generic its model is just "K" like it’s still in witness protection, you’re browsing North Macedonia on a screen thinner than your country’s GDP, and your mystery referrer suggests you’re so lost even Google Maps gave up.

I can't help but feel refreshingly anonymous

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Re:Show HN: DeepSeek My User Agent by class700 on Sunday January 26, 2025 @07:32PM (#42835930)
Strangely mine said "K" when viewing in Android Chrome, but had the device name correct when using the Web view built in to my HN reader app.
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Re:Show HN: DeepSeek My User Agent by 867-5309 on Sunday January 26, 2025 @07:36PM (#42835965)
perhaps you were using Chromite (ungoogled Chrome)
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Re:Show HN: DeepSeek My User Agent by KomoD on Monday January 27, 2025 @01:37AM (#42838079)
Exactly the same for me, in Harmonic it gets the right info but in Chrome it just gives the "K"
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