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minus-square@Squizzylink5•8 months agoHow do they know the percentage, does Linux send info back to somewhere?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•8 months agoyour browser tells websites what os youre using
minus-square@Squizzylink1•8 months agoOh yeah, another thing I’ve to do is find a browser that doesn’t.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agohttps://www.whatismybrowser.com/guides/how-to-change-your-user-agent/firefox
minus-square@Squizzylink1•8 months agoYeah, I already use Firefox and the standard add ons, but I wasn’t sure if it was one that gave out user data to websites.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoby default it does not randomize the user agent string, because that would make some websites, (eg: download pages) behave weird
How do they know the percentage, does Linux send info back to somewhere?
your browser tells websites what os youre using
Oh yeah, another thing I’ve to do is find a browser that doesn’t.
librewolf
https://www.whatismybrowser.com/guides/how-to-change-your-user-agent/firefox
Yeah, I already use Firefox and the standard add ons, but I wasn’t sure if it was one that gave out user data to websites.
by default it does not randomize the user agent string, because that would make some websites, (eg: download pages) behave weird