Sid@lemmy.zip to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoTwitch is now blocking firefoxlemmy.zipimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down1107
arrow-up197arrow-down1imageTwitch is now blocking firefoxlemmy.zipSid@lemmy.zip to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 months agoChange user agent. Log in, opting to stay logged in for 30 days. Change user agent back. That’s my routine with LibreWolf. I also believe they don’t like a particular security setting present on FF based browsers, though I don’t recall off the top of my head which one.
minus-squareBolexForSoup@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoAite maybe this is a dumb question, but what is “changing the user agent”?
minus-squaresik0fewl@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoSomething you shouldn’t have to do in order to use the internet. There are browser plugins that let you change your user-agent request header to masquerade as another browser (e.g., Chrome).
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoUser-Agent is a string of information that browsers use to identify to a site what browser, version, build, etc you are using. You can download FF extensions that allow you to spoof a different user-agent, making the site think you’re instead using Chrome, as an example.
minus-squareMidnitte@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago I also believe they don’t like a particular security setting present on FF based browsers, though I don’t recall off the top of my head which one. Looks like it’s tracking of course
Change user agent. Log in, opting to stay logged in for 30 days. Change user agent back.
That’s my routine with LibreWolf.
I also believe they don’t like a particular security setting present on FF based browsers, though I don’t recall off the top of my head which one.
Aite maybe this is a dumb question, but what is “changing the user agent”?
Something you shouldn’t have to do in order to use the internet.
There are browser plugins that let you change your user-agent request header to masquerade as another browser (e.g., Chrome).
Thanks!
User-Agent is a string of information that browsers use to identify to a site what browser, version, build, etc you are using.
You can download FF extensions that allow you to spoof a different user-agent, making the site think you’re instead using Chrome, as an example.
Thanks!
Looks like it’s tracking of course