Re: Operating System Information / Browsers

From: Alan J. Wylie (alan.nospam@glaramara.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 04/02/02


From: alan.nospam@glaramara.freeserve.co.uk (Alan J. Wylie)
Date: 02 Apr 2002 19:35:13 +0100

On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 03:41:26 +0100, ck26 <ck26 but not this @ ukc.ac.uk> said:

> Where do web browsers pick up the information about your Linux
> system from? I would ideally like to change mine although, I
> appreciate sites may not appear as they should do, but I'll take my
> chances...

Use Privoxy (ijb/ijbswa/JunkBuster) as a personal proxy. Can also munge
javascript, block banner adverts, and more. Highly recommended if you
are concerned about your privacy on the Internet.

http://privoxy.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/

-- 
Alan J. Wylie                        http://www.glaramara.freeserve.co.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
  Antoine de Saint-Exupery



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