https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205487 andreas.hanke@gmx-topmail.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |andreas.hanke@gmx-topmail.de ------- Comment #1 from andreas.hanke@gmx-topmail.de 2006-09-13 11:15 MST ------- Do we really _need_ all these details in the user agent string? What if a user doesn't want his current SUSE operating system to be "automagically" determined? Some thoughts: - Care must be taken when changing the user agent string because various sites are relying on a certain syntax to recognize the browser. - There are trademark issues. I don't see a legitimate use for a site trying to determine my current SUSE operating system. The "SUSE" part is probably needed because of trademark policy and the Firefox version is needed because requiring a minimum Firefox version is legitimate, but why the hell would a site be interested in my operating system release number? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205487 ------- Comment #3 from jhaygood@spsu.edu 2006-09-13 14:30 MST ------- They already know you're using SUSE x86_64, speak German, and using Firefox 1.5.0.6 built on July 28, 2006 by SUSE. What's the harm of using the version to? It's not really gonna hurt much: For instance, here at work: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6 If there's an exploit, what's the chances that it'll affect only "SUSE Linux 10.1", and not any other Linux x86_64 (or i586, or PPC..) using the same Firefox version? Pros: * Easy to aggregate SUSE version, for instance, web stats, etc. Cons: * Might be a privacy risk to have version, but they already gleam alot of other stuff. If its a privacy concern, why not remove the hardware type, OS type, and version all together? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.