1508041 - [WAYLAND] User agent contains X11

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 2027556

(Core :: Widget: Gtk, defect)

Description

[Roman Stingler]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 7.0; Mobile; rv:65.0) Gecko/65.0 Firefox/65.0

Steps to reproduce:

open firefox with wayland backend
go to menu> troubleshooting 




Actual results:

user agent shows X11 even gnome uses Wayland session and in firefox wayland backend is enabled


Expected results:

should have shown correct user agent information

Comment 1

[Adrian Florinescu [:aflorinescu]]

Reproduced on Ubuntu 16.04 Wayland Weston (not sure what is the proper way to version it) on Firefox Nightly 65.0a1 20181120220133.

Comment 2

[Eldmannen]

Maybe this is a feature, not a bug?

I am not convinced that it is a good idea to expose information such as the system's underlying windowing system because it is rather irrelevant. Also it would make the user less anonymous by providing more data for fingerprinting that can be used for tracking.

https://panopticlick.eff.org/

Comment 3

[Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)]

Yes, better to remove that completely but definitely not expose the backend specifically.

Comment 4

[Thomas Grainger]

thinking it should be 'Wayland like X11' ;)

Comment 5

[u589248]

So why is the status WONTFIX? Isn't the solution then to just remove information about the windowing system from the User Agent?

Comment 6

[Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)]

Correct protocol is at about:config. IMHO the X11 string should be removed from UA string.

Comment 7

[Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB) [:RokeJulianLockhart]]

(In reply to Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me) from comment #6)

(In reply to u589248 from comment #5)

So why is the status WONTFIX? Isn't the solution then to just remove information about the windowing system from the User Agent?

Correct protocol is at about:config. IMHO the X11 string should be removed from UA string.

Do you mean that the user should manually remove it from the string, themselves? I ask because I don't quite understand why that should be so. If I misunderstand, then I don't believe that you've answered #c5.

Comment 8

[Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)]

(In reply to Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB) from comment #7)

(In reply to Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me) from comment #6)

(In reply to u589248 from comment #5)

So why is the status WONTFIX? Isn't the solution then to just remove information about the windowing system from the User Agent?

Correct protocol is at about:config. IMHO the X11 string should be removed from UA string.

Do you mean that the user should manually remove it from the string, themselves? I ask because I don't quite understand why that should be so. If I misunderstand, then I don't believe that you've answered #c5.

I'm sure we don't want to put X11 / Wayland according to recent protocol to UA string. I don't have any opinion about X11 removal from UA string.

Comment 9

[Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB) [:RokeJulianLockhart]]

id=2027556#c10 contains a reasoned decision to retain the current UA. No need for two tickets.