* Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2008-03-06 22:39:35]:
> On Thursday 06 March 2008 21:17, Colin Davis wrote: > > > > > Not a bad idea, although it's an additional 6MB download, and one more > thing > > > to update (does it auto-update?). And it's windows specific: what would > > > we > do > > > on linux and OS/X ? > > > > > > > > Portable Firefox is what TorPark uses. > > > > There is a version of Portable Firefox for Mac. > > http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/firefox/ > > > > Linux users are likely proficient enough to change their own settings... > > Not necessarily, a lot use Ubuntu etc and may not be especially competent. > Anyway we want to avoid changing settings, because the settings that work > well for Freenet stick out and are easily detectable on the web. > As far as I remember we have always been asking users to change that setting... I don't think that you can reliably fingerprint freenet users with it. Many websites give it as a "tip" to improve browsing performances; there would be too many false positives for it to be a reliable metric. NextGen$ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080307/ffc4ebc4/attachment.pgp>
