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| author | Josh Rickmar <jrick@devio.us> | 2012-08-28 12:14:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Josh Rickmar <jrick@devio.us> | 2012-08-28 12:14:58 -0400 |
| commit | 0a0ca99d9da8ee18c2901ce6f9e53a256ee9f4d9 (patch) | |
| tree | 836866663f01777278ef5d9c627211ffd128d730 | |
| parent | b23c5c0fd7a96753786233861f6757c5466143ee (diff) | |
| download | xombrero-0a0ca99d9da8ee18c2901ce6f9e53a256ee9f4d9.tar.gz | |
Mention how panopticlick is bad for copying header info
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diff --git a/xombrero.1 b/xombrero.1 index 939431a..73021bf 100644 --- a/xombrero.1 +++ b/xombrero.1 @@ -1342,6 +1342,13 @@ Because this setting rotates through Accept headers on each text/html request, a single page may rotate through more than one Accept header if multiple text/html requests are made. .Pp +Please be aware that not all websites report browser headers correctly. +Most notably, EFF's panopticlick service also reports the HTTP +Accept-Encoding headers on the same line as the Accept headers. +If you are trying to find the headers of another browser to model that +browser's fingerprint, it is recommended to not use panopticlick for +this reason. +.Pp Note that this setting only rewrites the Accept header for text/html requests. Other requests will use WebKit's default Accept header. .It Cm http_proxy_starts_enabled |