Bromite no longer spoofs user agent?

[djh82]

Preliminary checklist

• I have read the README.
• I have searched the existing issues for my problem. This is a new ticket, NOT a duplicate or related to another open issue.
• I have read the FAQs.
• I have updated Bromite to the latest version. The bug is reproducible on this latest version.
• This is a bug report about the Bromite browser (not about the website, building Bromite, F-Droid or anything else).

Can the bug be reproduced with corresponding Chromium version?

No

Bromite version

108.0.5359.106

Device architecture

arm64

Android version

13

Device model

Pixel 6 Pro

Changed flags

No flags changed

Is this bug about the SystemWebView?

No

Is this bug happening in an incognito tab?

Yes

Is this bug caused by the adblocker?

No

Is this bug a crash?

No

Describe the bug

User agent now contains accurate model and android version number. Previously it was spoofed to be a Samsung on Android 10 IIRC.

Steps to reproduce the bug

Visit: https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-is-my-user-agent/

Expected behavior

The user agent should be spoofed.

Screenshots

No response

[csagan5]

This is documented as a change in the CHANGELOG, it is nothing accidental; you can see some follow-up discussion here: #2465

[djh82]

OK, thanks. Should the reduce user agent flags be switched on by default? Just realised that Chrome and by extension Bromite still has those.

Feel free to close this issue.

[csagan5]

User-agent reduction is enabled by default, there is also a patch to guard against that being disabled.

[djh82]

I'm not convinced it is? Maybe I'm misunderstanding or we're talking cross purposes. With no flags changed, my UA is:

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 13; Pixel 6 Pro) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/108.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36

If I turn on UA reduction flags, it's now:

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/108.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36

[csagan5]

I will check this before next release.

[uazo]

@csagan5 If it's any help to you https://gist.github.com/uazo/8333c504ba9589bad6db367c2c63cbad

[rhjdvsgsgks]

is there any way to enable User-agent reduction for bromite webview?

[Universalizer]

is there any way to enable User-agent reduction for bromite webview?

Check #2498

Probably, 'Manifest v3' may be the reason, can anyone confirm this❓

[rhjdvsgsgks]

Check #2498

Probably, 'Manifest v3' may be the reason, can anyone confirm this❓

non of flags mentioned in that issue avaliable on bromite webview

[Universalizer]

Check #2498

'In the past' for Bromite browser only

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In WebView Flags ; Search for "agent" and check what flags are relevant.

Example here :- 'Android System WebView Beta version 111', Screenshot below

[Universalizer]

Above screenshot is just for example.

Changing or over-riding the flag's values, as per your needs, that may fits you,

Be careful.

[rhjdvsgsgks]

In WebView Flags ; Search for "agent" and check what flags are relevant.

Example here :- 'Android System WebView Beta version 111', Screenshot below

theses flag dont have any effect about hiding model name in ua. after enable these. https://www.bromite.org/detect still reporting i have same ua as before

btw im using the latest bromite webview (108.0.5359.156) and seems you are not. because you dont have "ForceMajorVersionInMinorPositionInUserAgent" this flag in your search result. could you try that again after update to latest version?

[Universalizer]

❓

[rhjdvsgsgks]

Either
Stable currently v110,
or
Beta currently v111.

where did you find that? on release page the newest version i can find is 108.0.5359.156.

[rhjdvsgsgks]

maybe there is some misunderstand. but i want to keep using bromite webview. rather than switch to "Android System WebView" just for this feature

[Universalizer]

You're lucky for either using 'Rooted-Android OR Customized-ROM',
Hence, in your case, device supports 'Bromite WebView'.

[rhjdvsgsgks]

i already using it. but bromite webview unlike bromite browser. it dont have "reduce user agent" flags, thats what im i asking here

[Universalizer]

'Bromite Browser is not responsible for that, but it is in control of upstream Chromium Project'.

'Similarly, Bromite WebView is also not responsible for that, but it is in control of upstream Android System WebView'.

Both, Browser and WebView have flags (that can be configurable),

Perhaps, But some or few 'WebView flags' perhaps may be different from 'Even though SAME VERSION NUMBER of Browser',

Perhaps, some 'same identical and included', but some excluded, some unique or different.

Also ever-changing upstream,
From version 108 to v 111,
Continuously so on further.