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0 pointsprogval6y ago0 comments

> plus useragent-switcher for sites that pretend to care about my "security"

What kind of site does that? I'm on ESR too (from Debian's repos) and never seen anything like it

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Specifically this example I don't know, but there are pretty big differences between look and feel on websites when sending a Chrome UA vs a Firefox UA. The most obvious example is Google.

mrspuratic6y ago

I just lie about the version: an ESR can lag current by 8 major versions, ~12 months (with full security patching of course)

mrspuratic6y ago

Citrix support kb is one. I've heard Twitter & Spotify too.

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0 pointsprogval6y ago0 comments

> plus useragent-switcher for sites that pretend to care about my "security"

What kind of site does that? I'm on ESR too (from Debian's repos) and never seen anything like it

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krageon6y ago

Specifically this example I don't know, but there are pretty big differences between look and feel on websites when sending a Chrome UA vs a Firefox UA. The most obvious example is Google.

mrspuratic6y ago

I just lie about the version: an ESR can lag current by 8 major versions, ~12 months (with full security patching of course)

mrspuratic6y ago

Citrix support kb is one. I've heard Twitter & Spotify too.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse