Android Fediverse client that does not send user agent to servers (programming.dev)

submitted 1 week ago by hardful9856@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week 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.dev 1 points 5 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.works 3 points 1 week 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

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