@TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agoIn an alternate timeline...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1494arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1486arrow-down1imageIn an alternate timeline...lemmy.world@TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
A Mozilla employee recently released a Firefox addon to change the user agent to Chrome on sites the user enables it on. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-mask/ https://reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1eic7bj/chroe_mask_makes_firefox_wear_a_mask_to_look_like/
minus-square@sramder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish101•2 months agoI always grab a user agent switcher right after uBlock, comes in handy… makes me feel like Hackerman ;-)
minus-square@admin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink45•2 months agoMakes me feel like a caveman doing the about:config string change since like 8th grade.
minus-square@hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink5•2 months agowait you can still change ua with about:config? how?
minus-square@Sprokes@jlai.lulinkfedilink13•2 months agoDoesn’t that causes issues with sites using Cloudflare anti bot protection? But maybe my add-on was sending a different one for each request. I am using User Agent Switcher. I disabled it and only enable it on YouTube.
minus-square@delirious_owllink10•edit-22 months agoIt depends how horribly the website has misconfigured cloudflare. I can log into cloudflare’s website. Generally I prefer websites that don’t use cloudflare. Its a massive security risk
minus-square@stom@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink4•2 months agoHow is Cloudflare a massive security risk?
minus-square@delirious_owllink8•2 months agoHow are they not? They are a MITM and a company based in The US.
minus-square@sramder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoI’m like that :-) Going to have to give it a try. I kinda want to see one of Microsoft’s websites having a javascript seizure trying to recommend you switch to Edge 😂
I always grab a user agent switcher right after uBlock, comes in handy… makes me feel like Hackerman ;-)
Makes me feel like a caveman doing the about:config string change since like 8th grade.
O.G. Status ;-)
wait you can still change ua with about:config? how?
I use Chameleon. My user agent changes every 30 seconds
Doesn’t that causes issues with sites using Cloudflare anti bot protection? But maybe my add-on was sending a different one for each request. I am using User Agent Switcher. I disabled it and only enable it on YouTube.
It depends how horribly the website has misconfigured cloudflare. I can log into cloudflare’s website.
Generally I prefer websites that don’t use cloudflare. Its a massive security risk
How is Cloudflare a massive security risk?
How are they not? They are a MITM and a company based in The US.
You’re not wrong.
I’m like that :-) Going to have to give it a try.
I kinda want to see one of Microsoft’s websites having a javascript seizure trying to recommend you switch to Edge 😂