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User Agent ↔ Program to rep person || bot to browse WWW

Source: User agent - MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms | MDN

aka UA, Navigator

User agent spoofing​

to send fake User Agent string to announce as different Client, avoid Browser Fingerprint

References​

  1. User agent spoofing ↔ to send fake User Agent string to announce as different Client, avoid Browser Fingerprint

  2. Browser ↔ UA Program to GET & display Web Pages

  3. Browser Fingerprint ↔ various exploits to collect UID info through User Agent or behavior actions

  4. @tailwind base ↔ base layer to tell PostCSS to transform with CSS resets (margins/etc) for UA-consistency

  5. Geo-Search ↔ to Search & sort records by UA lat/lng proximity

  6. HTTP Flood ↔ DDoS spam lots of concurrent HTTP Reqs to overload server - camoflauge attacks by varying UA & IPs