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[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Did they not ask for something that wouldn't send UA info?

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[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

you can't do http communication with an empty UA string iirc. i assumed they were asking for something generic/non-unique that lets them blend into other users

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[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Fair enough. I'm embarrassed that I don't know a protocol as ubiquitous and important as http. Thanks for letting me know. I'm mainly just mad that big corporate web browsers are literally adtech

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[–] hardful9856@programming.dev [S] 2 points 2 months ago

I just checked, they do send user agent to lemmy server.

For example

    final appVersion = getCurrentVersion(removeInternalBuildNumber: true, trimV: true);
    return {
      'User-Agent': 'Thunder/$appVersion',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Accept': 'application/json',
      if (account.jwt != null) 'Authorization': 'Bearer ${account.jwt}',

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[–] hardful9856@programming.dev [S] 1 point 2 months ago

Yes that would be an alternative. But I’m looking for a more user friendly client that could achieve the goal.

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[–] voxel@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Also: https://dontasktoask.com/

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[–] hardful9856@programming.dev [S] 1 point 2 months ago

I'm sorry if my question is inappropriate

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[–] voxel@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

Your best option is to use a browser with fingerprinting protections like Brave. Not sending a user agent at all is realistically speaking not feasible.

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[–] hardful9856@programming.dev [S] 1 point 2 months ago

Yes that would be an alternative. But I’m looking for a more user friendly client that could achieve the goal.

Not sending a user agent at all is realistically speaking not feasible.

Actually it should be feasible

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[–] guymontag@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Im not sure how difficult this would be, but couldn't you modify an existing client or make your own? Especially with ai(if you so choose to use) it shouldn't be too difficult(probably).