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Re:Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to l... by chrismorgan on Monday July 13, 2026 @12:15AM (#48887844)
When distributing software, it’s very useful to know which OS and which architecture the user is on in order to present them with the appropriate file.
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Re:Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to l... by NetMageSCW on Monday July 13, 2026 @11:39AM (#48894371)
Or you could let the user decide since you have no idea what system they want to execute the software on, just what system they are using to browse your site.
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Re:Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to l... by chrismorgan on Monday July 13, 2026 @02:23PM (#48896676)
The overwhelming majority of the time (typically far higher than 99% of the time), if they hit a download button, they want it for their current platform.

And detecting their platform doesn’t stop you from presenting supplemental links for all platforms. In fact I’d say that’s completely normal.

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