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#1 2024-08-18 03:34:09
- nearly17146
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Websites detect that I am on Linux even after spoofing user agent
Using Vanilla Firefox on Arch Linux. I am hit with unusually many Cloudflare verifications compared to when I am on Windows. Some sites like Twitch that have strict restrictions on which browsers are allowed outright block me from logging in, saying that my "browser is not supported".
I tried installing a user agnet spoofer Firefox Extension. Now when I type "what is my user agnet" on Google it says I am on Windows. However Twitch still does not let me in. Moreover, my bank which requires proprietary garbage to be installed to access their services redirected me to a page for linux users, signaling that it is still able to determine that I am on Linux.
How are these sites bypassing the spoof? Can anything be done to make the spoof fool-proof?
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#2 2024-08-18 03:54:17
- shulamy
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Re: Websites detect that I am on Linux even after spoofing user agent
the message is about browser not OS
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#3 2024-08-18 08:32:07
- seth
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Re: Websites detect that I am on Linux even after spoofing user agent
Restricting JS will cause this and "my bank which requires proprietary garbage to be installed to access their services" which I assume you don't have - so that's what your bank detects and then forwards you to some fallback page they randomly labeled "for linux lusers"
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