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Is this true?
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this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2023
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I just looked up user agent. If I understand correctly, that changes every time I change browsers. Does it also change every time I clear the cache?
User agent has quite a few things included, such as browser and operating system, so if you use a different browser, you’ll have a different user agent. The trouble with user agent is that some techniques used to try and make it more anonymous ironically make it easier to track. There’s not really a good option. Although it’s definitely worth getting a user agent switching plugin to disguise yourself as Google bot so you can bypass paywalls
Thanks. Magnolia does the paywall thing for me. :)
Some browsers have proprietary APIs that break web standards (see Chrome), and sometimes, workarounds are needed for some browsers. Changing the user agent might break functionality.