On 2/24/20 11:58 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Interesting - forcing a user agent string could be in violation of GDPR since > it would definitely make the user environments more identifiable. The > "fingerprinting" discussion refers. On the other hand, if all browsers > henceforth were to send the same string the opposite would be true. > > I wonder about the reason given: "To avoid compatibility issues." That was - > if I recall correctly - the reason for having the string to start with: So > that servers can format pages to suit the capabilities of the browser and > version used. If in the future all browsers were using the Chromium engine > this mechanism might no longer be needed and web pages would no longer need > to adjust for browser differences - although I can't see a world where all > browsers on all types of devices and all "other" client software would be > behaving identically.
From the google link: Alternative implementation suggestion for web developers For many (most?) uses of UA sniffing today, a better tool for the job would be to use feature detection. Where feature detection fails developers, UA Client Hints are the right path forward. https://wicg.github.io/ua-client-hints/ Regards, Tim > > Gerd > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Ruehsen" <[email protected]> > To: "Tim Ruehsen" <[email protected]>, "Bruno Haible" <[email protected]>, > [email protected], "bug-wget" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 12:10:56 PM > Subject: [bug #57884] wget reveals my operating system to the server > > Follow-up Comment #6, bug #57884 (project wget): > > There seem to be concerns and actions taken by browser vendors about regarding > the User-Agent header. It's about "freezing" the User-Agent string once and > for all to avoid compatibility issues. > > Is this an option for us ? > > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/blink-dev/-2JIRNMWJ7s/yHe4tQNLCgAJ > > https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/new-privacy-oriented-feature-added-to-edge-82-freeze-user-agent/m-p/1165269 > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Reply to this item at: > > <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57884> > > _______________________________________________ > Message sent via Savannah > https://savannah.gnu.org/ >
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