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@leocg No my post does not seems like that.
Yes it is very important for privacy, it sends a lot as I have written. My tablet model IS a personal information.
There's one app for Chrome only, for rooted devices.
If you want good examples, Firefox never sends you Android version, phone model, etc... and Via is only 0.5MB and allow to choose different user agent or modify it.
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(I notice that the 2d point of my post was deleted... OK, only moved, sorry.)
@leocg Everything private is privacy.... Your tablet model, your address, the name of your cat... If anyone else has a Opera 51 on T725 tablet, this is event a personal identifier.
The other user agent apps are browsers.
Firefox shows only Android version:
Mozilla/5.0 (Android 7.1.1; Tablet; rv:68.0) Gecko/68.0 Firefox/68.0
versus:
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 9; SM-T725 Build/PPR1.180610.011) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/72.0.3626.121 Safari/537.36 OPR/51.0.2461.137246
It's like writing my name. As I said, Opera was even blocked on Qwant because user agent is too much detailed. This is more than a suggestion for me, closer to a bug revealing too much about us.
@sgunhouse yes but it does not keep the setting between pages, and I will seen desktop version.
@leocg you should take a dictionary! It's not the general opinion. Even google's one, and not a specialist of privacy!
"Chrome wants to kill browser user agent strings, cites compatibility and privacy concerns
A win for privacy? Google plans to scrap user-agent string in Chrome
Google plans to improve privacy by deprecating user-agent strings on Chrome The change will make it harder for ad companies to track individuals online.
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Indicate your OS, hardware, browser, version... is private, as your address, the name of your cat, the model of your car, your name, everything about YOU is private because it's about you.
Here it's even a way to identify you, it's important to hide it and be more general like Firefox does.
More a security hole than a bug if you prefer.