[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:  reopened
     Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Messenger  |    Version:
   Resolution:                 |   Keywords:
Actual Points:                 |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by gk):

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


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:7 sukhbir]:
 > 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.

 I don't think so. You see the user agent on the About Tor Messenger page
 or if you evaluate |navigator.userAgent| in the error console. It
 currently leaks the OS and architecture used. On a 64 bit Linux system I
 get:
 {{{
 Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Instantbird/1.5
 }}}
 I have not checked whether this is only accessible to privileged code but
 I somehow doubt that. I guess you want to fix that, thus reopening.

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