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Re:Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux ke... by sillywabbit on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @07:06PM (#44967433)
If someone's out to uniquely identify your activity on the internet, your User-Agent string is going to be the least of your problems.
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Re:Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux ke... by _def on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @09:06PM (#44968090)
Not sure what you mean, as exactly this is happening currently on 99% of the web. Brought to you by: ads
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Re:Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux ke... by MathMonkeyMan on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @11:40PM (#44968822)
If you're browsing with a browser, then there are 1000 ways to identify you. If you're browsing without a browser, then there is at least one way to identify you.
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Re:Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux ke... by amusingimpala75 on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @09:23PM (#44968163)
I think what they meant is: there’s already so many other ways to fingerprint (say, canvas) that a common user agent doesn’t significantly help you
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Re:Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux ke... by johnecheck on Thursday August 21, 2025 @06:46PM (#44979066)
'There's so many cliffs around that not jumping off that one barely helps you'.

I meeeeeannn... sure? I know that browser fingerprinting works quite well without, but custom headers are actually a game over in terms of not getting tracked.

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