Re: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> This would be a bad idea.  The user-agent string above was chosen so
> that users fall into a large “anonymity set”.  If we applied this patch,
> then web servers could trivially identify us.
>
> On this topic, see:
>
>   https://panopticlick.eff.org/

Thanks for the explanation!  With either user agent string, I get the
same results btw: unique fingerprint.  Of course, using GuixSD may be a
bit less common than Windows NT today, but times are changing ;-)

Greetings,
Jan

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