[tor-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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Wed Aug 22 09:59:10 UTC 2018


#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 cypherpunks3):

 Replying to [comment:13 nez]:
 > This is **unacceptable**.
 I can't stress this enough, as I said on the blog comments the original
 Mozilla bugzilla report makes no sense since with a proxy (such as Tor)
 network OS fingerprinting is moot so why fall for it? And it's such a let
 down to see great privacy people on the Mozilla side (that I won't mention
 out of respect) fall for such a cheap trap. (PS: As mentioned earlier, the
 argument ("X can be found using Y anyway in Z circumstances, so let's
 expose X directly") itself is false)

 Anyone willing to make a followup bugzilla report to get this fixed on the
 Mozilla side as well?

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