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Old 12th October 2004 | 23:01
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Memetic
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Off topic. "can you really tell it's a Mac?"

Richard said:
Most forums collect browser version information (and OS info) from each comp that access the forums. From there you can get all the stats you need.
Yep...but I asked...

Can you tell even if the browser is set to report something other than the actual OS / Processor combination that is installed?
For example if i'm using my Linux machine and have set Konquer to declare itself as a Mac running say safari when it issues a get request how would you ever know? - oops given it away now. (It's actually reporting what it really is to PPRune as PPRune works well with standartds based browsers.)
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