On Sep 22, Marco D'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 22, Peter Eckersley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This means, in practice, that many sites will be able to track > > Debian users by their User-Agent, even if (say) the user is blocking > > cookies or limiting them to a single session and is changing IP > > address regularly. > > This is highly debateable. There may be tens or thousands of users of > the same package visiting a web site.
I've seen reports from very large sites indicating that User-Agent strings are almost as useful as cookies for tracking their users. > > Would there be any serious harm in terms of browser debugging? Are > > Yes. For no real gain, it would make debugging harder and make > statistics much less useful. > When do you need statistics about how many Debian users are using which versions of which browser package? As for debugging, I agree that there's an issue here, which is why I asked the question. But some evidence would be useful... does anyone know any browser or site bugs that have been solved because the site operator could see the version of a random visiting Debian browser? -- Peter Eckersley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Staff Technologist Tel +1 415 436 9333 x131 Electronic Frontier Foundation Fax +1 415 436 9993 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]