[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:  mcs
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  assigned
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff60-esr, tbb-fingerprinting-os,     |  Actual Points:
  tbb-8.0-issues, tbb-8.0.1-can                  |
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by tom):

 Replying to [comment:44 fufufu]:
 > Also I'm curious about how you use media streaming to detect the OS. Is
 the way the video is rendered, detection of the audio/video interface
 names, or what?

 I haven't tried it, but if a site tried to play a streaming video using a
 media framework built into (e.g.) only Windows, they would know if it was
 playing based on whether or not the user was streaming the video from the
 server or not.

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