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Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 23:50:19 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux)

tomas wrote:

> What I'd do is randomly select from a choice of, say,
> 100 popular browser strings.

Well, not _everyone_ who objects to this is an Emacs-w3m
user. Actually I'm sure the vast majority who disables
this feature does not use Emacs-w3m. So they can't tell
we use Emacs-w3m just because there is no UA!

Besides, as long as there is data, incorrect as it might
be, this still encourages them to develop algorithms
that will act upon that data, and this might hurt
everyone else who still submits correct data.

So I say we should not submit any data for two reasons,
one, other people are also not submitting theirs, and
two, other people are submitting theirs :)

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