cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/50677034

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for recommendations for an Android Fediverse client that does not send user-agent information (device or client details) to servers. Ideally, it should support both Mastodon and Lemmy, or other Fediverse platforms as well.

      • hexagonwin@lemmy.today
        5·
        4 days ago

        you can’t do http communication with an empty UA string iirc. i assumed they were asking for something generic/non-unique that lets them blend into other users

        • hardful9856@programming.devOP
          1·
          2 days ago

          I just checked, they do send user agent to lemmy server.

          For example

              final appVersion = getCurrentVersion(removeInternalBuildNumber: true, trimV: true);
    return {
      'User-Agent': 'Thunder/$appVersion',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Accept': 'application/json',
      if (account.jwt != null) 'Authorization': 'Bearer ${account.jwt}',
        • lagoon8622@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          4 days ago

          Fair enough. I’m embarrassed that I don’t know a protocol as ubiquitous and important as http. Thanks for letting me know. I’m mainly just mad that big corporate web browsers are literally adtech

  • Voxel@feddit.uk
    2·
    3 days ago

    Your best option is to use a browser with fingerprinting protections like Brave. Not sending a user agent at all is realistically speaking not feasible.

    • hardful9856@programming.devOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      Yes that would be an alternative. But I’m looking for a more user friendly client that could achieve the goal.

      Not sending a user agent at all is realistically speaking not feasible.

      Actually it should be feasible

  • guymontag@lemmy.ml
    2·
    4 days ago

    Im not sure how difficult this would be, but couldn’t you modify an existing client or make your own? Especially with ai(if you so choose to use) it shouldn’t be too difficult(probably).