Closed Bug 1495488 Opened 6 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Consider removing OS version from User-Agent string

Categories

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking: HTTP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 736373

People

(Reporter: indigotime, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0
Build ID: 20100101



Actual results:

OS name and version is included into User-Agent string.


Expected results:

Consider removing OS name and version from User-Agent string. I can't even imagine any use case when it really needs to detect OS by using User-Agent string. It can be easily detected by using "navigator.platform" property.

IMO, reporting platform type (desktop or mobile) is enough for now.
OS: Unspecified → All
Hardware: Unspecified → All
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Please, don't close this bug or reopen bug #736373.
OS info should not be exposed to HTTP User-Agent string when ResistFingerprinting is enabled.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Version: 60 Branch → Trunk
The decision was already made by the networking developer to not change the User-Agent string.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago → 6 years ago
Component: Untriaged → Networking: HTTP
Product: Firefox → Core
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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