[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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#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:
                                                 |  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff60-esr, tbb-fingerprinting-os,     |  Actual Points:
  tbb-8.0-issues                                 |
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Comment (by cypherpunks3):

 Replying to [comment:44 fufufu]:
 > Well this is probably another dumb question, but is there any reason
 that all platforms can't ship the same fonts? Or would the differences in
 rendering them between the various platforms make this pointless anyway?

 I believe the reason was to preserve the look and feel of the operating
 system. I think there are also technical issues that make it hard to ship
 the same fonts, including size constraints (correct me if I'm wrong). It's
 not too big of a deal though, since the font set is not recorded by the
 average access log, whereas the user agent is.

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