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Reporter: genodeftest | Owner:
Status: new | Priority: minor
Component: General | Keywords:
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== phenomenon ==
Since release 35 of Firefox, Fedora is shipping it with a branded user
agent string. This increases the fingerprint, distinguishing it from all
other linux users. As a result, it is quite easy to track Fedora's firefox
users, which can be a violation of their privacy.
== background analysis ==
Firefox has a distinct user agent unlike any other firefox distribution.
== implementation recommendation ==
Drop [https://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/firefox.git/tree/firefox-
fedora-ua.patch firefox-fedora-ua.patch]. As a result, firefox'
fingerprint will be the mozilla-provided default.
==additional information==
I originally reported this as
[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343698 bug #1343698] at
bugzilla. Martin Stransky told me to report it
[https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1586#comment:3 at FESCo], where
sgallagh told me to report it here.
Additional info: The change for including "Fedora" in user agent string
was proposed in [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190774 bug
#1190774] and rejected 4 years ago in
[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824717 bug #824717] for the
same reason I wrote above.
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