Hi everyone,

I’m looking for recommendations for an Android Fediverse client that does not send user-agent information (device or client details) to servers. Ideally, it should support both Mastodon and Lemmy, or other Fediverse platforms as well.

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[–] Tealk@rollenspiel.forum 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Could you explain the use case? I don't quite understand the background. Now that AIs are flooding the instances, some admins are blocking these kinds of requests.

[–] hardful9856@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Could you explain the use case?

user agent is not essential for the servers, server does not need to know which client or device I am using.

Now that AIs are flooding the instances, some admins are blocking these kinds of requests.

What AI request?

[–] Tealk@rollenspiel.forum 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

generally the bots that scrape sites for information. One of the easiest ways to exclude them is to read the user agent.

yeah, this info isn't necessary for technical operations, but some software uses it and shows the client under the post, for example; as an admin, that often helps me identify problems quickly.

[–] hardful9856@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bots can easily fake their user agents, so using them to detect bots is not enough and mostly just puts regular users’ privacy at risk.

[–] Tealk@rollenspiel.forum 1 points 1 day ago

They can, yeah. But they haven't done it in ages and I don't see the risk for the user; the IP is way more problematic.