Description of problem: 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. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): since firefox-35.0.1-5.fc21 How reproducible: always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. start firefox with a vanilla profile or at least with user agent settings unchanged 2. browse any website 3. have a look at your browser inspector, tab "Network". Click on any request and have a look at request headers, notably "User-Agent" 4. alternatively, you could e.g. go to http://browserspy.dk/useragent.php Actual results: Firefox has a distinct user agent unlike any other firefox distribution. Expected results: Firefox fingerprint should be the mozilla-provided default. Additional info: This anti-feature was proposed in bug #1190774 and rejected 4 years ago in bug #824717 for the same reason I wrote above.
That's political, not technical issue. Please file FESCO ticket for that at https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/
(In reply to Martin Stransky from comment #1) > That's political, not technical issue. Please file FESCO ticket for that at > https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ Done, see https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1586
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Yes, we do that and we're not going to remove it unless other distros do that.