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To: mikey_hates_everything

Just have to see what sort of fingerprint is used to determine if the requestor is on windblows or *nix - maybe as simple as spoofing the browser to always report *nix when queried. Or more complex. I see an opportunity for a browser extension to report whatever OS you want it to report for simple cases.


13 posted on 09/01/2026 9:05:50 AM PDT by curious7
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To: curious7
I see an opportunity for a browser extension to report whatever OS you want it to report

I'm pretty sure that already exists.

16 posted on 09/01/2026 9:37:59 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: curious7

I’m sure all sorts of workarounds will appear in order to get around, or make totally unenforceable, that law.


20 posted on 09/01/2026 11:12:24 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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