Re: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.

[Alex Vong]

Hello,

Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi!
>
> Attached simple patch fixes spreading of theh terribly ignoring lie that
> I would be running Windows NT.
>
> I'm probably displayng unimaginable ignorance here but it's beyond me
> why a project like Firefox would hardcode such a default.
>
While this is not verified by icecat devs, I think this is the desired
behaviour, to prevent others from fingerprinting you as a GNU/Linux
user. For example, tor browser also reports the user agent as
'Windows NT 6.1'.

To change the (reported) user agent, you can either use
random-agent-spoofer to change user agent perodically or User Agent
Switcher to change to a particular user agent.

> Greetings,
> Jan
>
Cheers,
Alex

> From c203a34e3f07b8c7e6c0381ef07a9ebde4d0ae29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:00:38 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: icecat: correct useragent to GNU GuixSD.
>
> * gnu/packages/patches/icecat-fix-useragent.patch: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
> * gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm (icecat): Use it.
> ---
>  gnu/local.mk                                    |  1 +
>  gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm                       |  2 ++
>  gnu/packages/patches/icecat-fix-useragent.patch | 11 +++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/icecat-fix-useragent.patch
>
> diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
> index dac938f..5b05628 100644
> --- a/gnu/local.mk
> +++ b/gnu/local.mk
> @@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =                                         
> \
>    %D%/packages/patches/hypre-doc-tables.patch                        \
>    %D%/packages/patches/hypre-ldflags.patch                   \
>    %D%/packages/patches/icecat-avoid-bundled-includes.patch   \
> +  %D%/packages/patches/icecat-fix-useragent.patch            \
>    %D%/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2016-2818-pt1.patch                \
>    %D%/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2016-2818-pt2.patch                \
>    %D%/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2016-2818-pt3.patch                \
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
> index 27c8ede..881e783 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>  ;;; Copyright © 2015 Sou Bunnbu <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Griffin <address@hidden>
> +;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden>
>  ;;;
>  ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>  ;;;
> @@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ standards.")
>          "1yb7a1zsqpra9cgq8hrzrbm5v31drb9367cwvwiksz0ngqy342hb"))
>        (patches (search-patches
>                  "icecat-avoid-bundled-includes.patch"
> +                "icecat-fix-useragent.patch"
>                  "icecat-CVE-2016-2818-pt1.patch"
>                  "icecat-CVE-2016-2818-pt2.patch"
>                  "icecat-CVE-2016-2818-pt3.patch"
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-fix-useragent.patch 
> b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-fix-useragent.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..e588085
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-fix-useragent.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +--- icecat-38.8.0/browser/app/profile/icecat.js.orig 2016-09-10 
> 09:56:30.809082564 +0200
> ++++ icecat-38.8.0/browser/app/profile/icecat.js      2016-09-10 
> 09:56:59.957522723 +0200
> +@@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ pref("social.directories", "");
> + // Spoof the useragent to a generic one
> + pref("general.useragent.compatMode.firefox",true);
> + // Spoof the useragent to a generic one
> +-pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:38.0) 
> Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0");
> ++pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (GNU GuixSD 0.11.0; 
> rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0");
> + pref("general.appname.override", "Netscape");
> + pref("general.appversion.override", "38.0");
> + pref("general.buildID.override", "Gecko/20100101");
> -- 
> 2.10.0