Fedora User Agent

Modifies your User-Agent string to contain the name of Fedora Linux distribution.

What is Fedora User Agent?

Enhance your web browsing experience with the 'Fedora User Agent' browser extension. This tool modifies your browser's User-Agent string to represent Fedora, an open-source Linux OS distribution. It ensures seamless browsing by preventing misidentification of Fedora for irrelevant or capitalizing platforms. The extension is beneficial for users of Linux Fedora distribution, enhancing compatibility with a multitude of platforms while maintaining your privacy.

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Users: 9,000+ ▼ -1,000

Rating: 3.16 (169)

Version: 0.0.0.7 (Last updated: 2019-06-20)

Creation date: 2019-06-19

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
*://*/*
ws://*/*
wss://*/*

Size: 18.47K

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 9949 ▼ 2771

Other rankings

#4631 in Social Networking ▲ 15 #32 in agent keyword 62 ▼ 5 #43 in modify keyword 43 ▲ 4 #46 in string keyword 8

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Summary

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Fedora User Agent extension will modify your User-Agent string in outgoing requests to contain the name of Linux based distribution Fedora.

For the reasons why this extension is auto installed for you, please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1266569 .

v0.0.0.7 - Bumped version only fox fixing the missing files in Web Store v0.0.0.6 - Modify the WebSocket requests and avoid multiple modifications of the UA by us v0.0.0.5 - Remove UA quirks for OneNote and Netflix v0.0.0.4 - Don't modify the User-Agent string for OneNote v0.0.0.3 - Extension does not work after the Netflix fix v0.0.0.2 - Don't modify the User-Agent string for Netflix

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Useful to increase Fedora's popularity and support for RPM packages across the world
It's good to be recognized as a Linux Fedora & Chrome user. Very useful in some cases.

Cons

Auto installed without permission, reported
Breaks some websites, particularly those protected by Cloudflare
Makes it easier to track and fingerprint your browser

Most mentioned

Auto installed without permission
Breaks some websites, particularly those protected by Cloudflare
Useful to increase Fedora's popularity and support for RPM packages across the world
It's good to be recognized as a Linux Fedora & Chrome user. Very useful in some cases.

Recent reviews

They should have alerted me to it before installing but it makes sense to let websites what OS you are using to make the web app behave better knowing in advance my system parameters but I still think they should alert you to it instead of me just stumbling on it!

A Google user, 2019-03-24

Why is this installed by default? All it does is provide a way of easily fingerprinting your browser and makes it considerably easier to track. don't forget to run this, or it'll come back: dnf remove fedora-user-agent-chrome.noarch

A Google user, 2019-03-20

Unnecessary extension installed without user consent that makes you more fingerprintable and breaks some websites.

Alexia Luna, 2023-04-15

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Safety

Risk impact

Fedora User Agent is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Fedora User Agent if you trust the publisher.