[tor-bugs] #15162 [Tor Messenger]: Tor Messenger user agent (and other identifying strings)

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#15162: Tor Messenger user agent (and other identifying strings)
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     Reporter:  sukhbir        |      Owner:
         Type:  defect         |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Messenger  |    Version:
   Resolution:  fixed          |   Keywords:
Actual Points:                 |  Parent ID:
       Points:                 |
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Changes (by sukhbir):

 * status:  reopened => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:6 arlolra]:
 > >The user agent seems quite powerfully revealing, is that on purpose to
 make it as Instantbird would be? It leaks my OS though, not that big of a
 deal probably.
 >  > (Instantbird 1.5 (20150629030833), Gecko 38.1.0esrpre
 (20150629030833) on Linux x86_64)

 This is from the debug window, where this header is set manually  (see
 `imAccounts.js:L334`)

 {{{
       let header =
         `${appInfo.name} ${appInfo.version} (${appInfo.appBuildID}), ` +
         `Gecko ${appInfo.platformVersion} (${appInfo.platformBuildID}) ` +
         `on ${HttpProtocolHandler.oscpu}`;
 }}}

 So this is a local header and not the user agent string; the user agent is
 `Instantbird/__APP_VERSION__` or `Instantbird 1.5` in our case.

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