** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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Firefox user-agent string is too unique
Status in
Verified on Firefox 13.0.2 (Firefox 13 is the first one with 13.0.x versions
since this bug was fixed). The User Agent for Fx13.0.2 is:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:13.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/13.0.2
The UAs for other current versions are:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101
(In reply to Eric Shepherd [:sheppy] from comment #119)
Docs updated:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_user_agent_string_reference
Mentioned on Firefox 13 for developers.
This bug is fixed on Firefox 11
| status-firefox11: verified
| status-firefox12: verified
and it should be on
Docs updated:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_user_agent_string_reference
Mentioned on Firefox 13 for developers.
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Verified as fixed on:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/12.0
BuildID: 20120314195616
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(In reply to Ioana Budnar [QA] from comment #115)
Verified on the 20120305181207 builds:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101
(In reply to Daniel Cater from comment #116)
I've reset the status-firefox11 flag from verified to fixed. I think this is
correct, but please let me know if I've made a mistake. Reasoning:
1. The aurora and beta checkins were mobile-only (comment 109). You have
verified using desktop builds.
Verified on the 20120305181207 builds:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/11.0
The above UAs are displayed in
(In reply to Vic from comment #112)
Notice it is showing a1.
bug 728831
Its also showing the date of build?
bug 588909
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It still showing in latest nightly when I ran a test at
https://panopticlick.eff.org
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:13.0)
Gecko/20120226 Firefox/13.0a1
Notice it is showing a1.
Its also showing the date of build?
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Similarly for SeaMonkey (ID:20120226003024):
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120226 Firefox/13.0a1
SeaMonkey/2.10a1
rv:13.0 (this bug) OK
Gecko/20120226 Firefox/13.0a1 SeaMonkey/13.0a1 (other bugs if any, probably
including those listed under comment #113).
I see that there is
Created attachment 599958
Android-specific patch for aurora and beta
Here's a slightly cut down version of patch that only affects the
Android-specific Gecko token in order to fix zimbra.
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Comment on attachment 599958
Android-specific patch for aurora and beta
[Triage Comment]
Android-specific change that prevents a website regression in Native Fennec
caused by recent UA changes. Approving for Aurora 12 and Beta 11.
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https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-aurora/rev/a8fa3bbd301c
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/0517a93b8cdb
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Backed out this (and bug 588909).
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/f7ccbfd0b7c6
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/d07998fb3530
Discussion over in bug 588909, please, since this was just collateral
damage from the primary backout. :)
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http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/be559203ece8
This was backed out for convenience, it doesn't depend on bug 588909.
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Well, the main thing is that bug 588909 conveniently caused bug 728610,
otherwise it's questionable if this would have been implemented so
quickly, especially given the new rapid-release system which renders a
lot of the discussion on the previous branch-based reasoning stated here
moot to some
... yes, given that they performed that UA change before Firefox, but
essentially it's the same reason, so that doesn't really change much in
the order of events or argumentation (meaning, the fix here resulted
from the Gecko-token change, thus the rationale of comment #97 is valid
and not just
Bug 588909 surely accelerated this, although bug 728610 was an issue for
Fennec before that.
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Firefox user-agent string is
(In reply to rsx11m from comment #101)
... yes, given that they performed that UA change before Firefox, but
essentially it's the same reason, so that doesn't really change much in the
order of events or argumentation (meaning, the fix here resulted from the
Gecko-token change, thus the
Oh, derp, I should have looked harder. I didn't realize this patch was
changing the Gecko/X _and_ rv:X stings.
OTOH, I'd suspect this ends up breaking our Firefox landing/first run
pages, which check to see if you're actually running the latest build or
not.
Did you test to see if that's a
(In reply to Justin Dolske [:Dolske] from comment #104)
Or get your debate on over in the Seamonkey-specific bug 728952.
Err, no please - that bug is for SeaMonkey to decide whether or not to
follow this step, it's application specific and hence not intended for
Gecko discussions.
(In reply to
(In reply to Justin Dolske [:Dolske] from comment #102)
OTOH, I'd suspect this ends up breaking our Firefox landing/first run pages,
which check to see if you're actually running the latest build or not.
I get Thank you for trying a nightly build and helping improve future
versions of
I said nothing about cause and effect. I said this bug doesn't depend on
bug 588909, which http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/be559203ece8
proves to be true.
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(In reply to Dão Gottwald [:dao] from comment #103)
I get Thank you for trying a nightly build and helping improve future
versions of Firefox here
(http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/prerelease.html). Might be because
they sniff the Firefox token.
Actuallly it's because we load
I wasn't talking about technical dependency in the sense of one
bitrotting the other, but let's stop mincing words...
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Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. This has actually been fixed in
Firefox 13 (trunk ATM). Please report any other issues you may find.
** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #572659
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572659
** Also affects: firefox via
Public bug reported:
As shown on http://panopticlick.eff.org
The useragent string Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.2)
Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2 is too unique and in combination with a
fairly unique plugin list this allows browser fingerprint tracking,
which is bad for privacy.
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