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[โ€“] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Somebody set us up the mandatory online accounts and telemetry!

All your PCs are belong to us. You have no chance to back up make your time.

[โ€“] mtlvmpr@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's the unknown line? Some Chinese OS or browsers with all info excluded?

[โ€“] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

VPN/unreported/embedded smart HTTP parser requests?

[โ€“] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hmm, I only run Linux but my browser often lies to resist fingerprinting and says I'm running windows.

Are they getting this info from web servers, really? If so then its likely under reporting since Linux users are probably more likely than non-linux users to use tools that falsify their reported OS to resist fingerprinting.

[โ€“] Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

the reports i've seen in the past do it with thousands of popular web servers. i didnt dig into this particular report.

[โ€“] mEEGal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

this is definitely the millenium of the Linux desktop !