[tbb-bugs] #26146 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Setting `general.useragent.override` does not spoof the platform part anymore in ESR 60 which is confusing

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#26146: Setting `general.useragent.override` does not spoof the platform part
anymore in ESR 60 which is confusing
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 Reporter:  gk                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff60-esr                  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 'privacy.resistFingerprinting' is severly broken. They - Mozilla -
 implemented it wrong.

 Firefox with 'privacy.resistFingerprinting:true'
 (60 and above)
 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101
 Firefox/60.0
 (before 60)
 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101
 Firefox/52.0

 Tor Browser
 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0

 Expecting
 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0

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