#60: Firefox: Don't increase fingerprint by adding "Fedora" to user agent -------------------------+------------------ Reporter: genodeftest | Owner: Status: new | Priority: minor Component: General | Keywords: -------------------------+------------------ == 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. -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/council/ticket/60> council <https://fedorahosted.org/council> Fedora Council Public Tickets _______________________________________________ council-discuss mailing list council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Fedora Project's mission is to lead the advancement of free and open source software and content as a collaborative community.
