GeezerVison is showing github.com — user agent spoofing breaks paypal · Issue #393 · gorhill/httpswitchboard
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user agent spoofing breaks paypal #393DescriptionWhen using Paypal, even if I enable all resources in HTTPSB, the page loads then blanks out completely unless I disable user agent spoofing. Activitygorhill commented on Aug 8, 2014 Well if the site's behavior depends on the user agent string to be specific values, there is nothing HTTPSB can do. One thing to try is to stick to user agent strings which are close to the real one, i.e do not try to appear as a Firefox or IE browser, stick to user agent strings of Chromium-based browsers. anarcat commented on Aug 8, 2014 well, i wonder if it isn't that the UA changes during the "session" with paypal... gorhill commented on Aug 8, 2014 What are the UA strings you currently use? gorhill commented on Aug 8, 2014 The UA string can change during a session. I remember wondering whether I should store the UA for specific pages, and then decided against it. So if it's the source of the problem, I guess I will have to store and reuse it for a page. I think that would be reasonable given that the primary goal is to avoid tracking across many sites, and in any case, a new UA string would be used after leaving the site and coming back after a few minutes. gorhill commented on Aug 8, 2014
I recommend disabling that option and using "Referer Control", blocking all refers unless an issue occurs, then making exceptions.
Not recommended to use another add-on which also modifies outbound or inbound headers, as only one extension is allowed to do so, which could undermine HTTPSB's ability to do its job (removing cookie headers, preventing inline javascript execution, etc.)
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