• nVZWmCa67Tq0SQkXPR@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    How do you change your user agent header? Which extensions are required for that? Can you change it without extensions as well? I think using too many extensions would make my browser fingerprint more unique instead

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      3 years ago

      This can be done without using extensions, but it’s just more convenient with this. For example, the Firefox browser has a settings menu available at: about:config. You need to create a string named general.useragent.override and assign it the desired value. For example, if you write there it is Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; en), sites will think that you are using the Internet Explorer browser on Windows. You can also set this parameter only for a specific site. For example, create the line “general.useragent.override.google.com” and assign it the desired value.

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        3 years ago

        Yeah, this is the way to do it without extensions, but it is way less convenient as you have to write the whole thing manually, while extensions make it really easy to switch between OSes, Browsers and all that.