Re: User-Agent strings, privacy and Debian browsers

[Jeremiah Foster <jeremiah@jeremiahfoster.com>]

On Oct 4, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Mark Brown wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 10:41:51AM +0200, Jeremiah Foster wrote:
>
> > This is most likely apocryphal. If there is any truth in the above  
> > link, it
> > has been blown way out of proportion. Nobody gets arrested for  
> > using lynx,
> > which is what that link says. There is little evidence to  
> > corroborate the
> > story so I would dismiss this as a red herring.
>
> It did make mainstream sites linke the BBC:
>
>    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4195339.stm

No it didn't. If you read that link carefully, you will find _no_  
reference to lynx. Do not misrepresent the facts, people will become  
confused.

The article mentioned above (and cited previously) merely talks about  
some one who "attempted" to "hack" a BT site. This has nothing to do  
with user agent strings.

	Jeremiah