#31867: User agent string in tor-ify docs (general.useragent.override) -------------------------+---------------------------------- Reporter: cypherpunks | Owner: hiro Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Medium | Component: Webpages/Website Version: | Severity: Normal Keywords: | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: -------------------------+---------------------------------- Was looking at tor-ify docs and the variable `general.useragent.override` no longer exists in `about:config`
(https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/Misc) This reveals multiple problems: 1. Those need to be fixed to provide people with correct/current values. 1. But hard coding them means that the value of becomes stale. 1. Hardcoding means they will require constant maintenance. 1. A user (like me) won't know the correct value for that variable. Are users expected to cut-n-paste multiple variables out of `about:config` to construct the correct user-agent string? Or is there something else they should do? Can Tor create a new variable that can be seen in `about:config`? Maybe call it `user-agent-torify`. But really I think what's needed is a plugin that will generate the user- agent string. The plugin would fetch the most common string of the day. That string would be hosted at `torproject.org`. Looking at amiunique.org shows me that I am not unique enough and way too uncommon using the latest Torbrowser. I propose to call the plugin Agent Common. Am I the first to propose this? What downside would there be? Sincerely, FreD FlinstonE -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31867> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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