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How to change user-agent when resistFingerprinting == true

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I tried following the directions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-reset-default-user-agent-firefox, but I don't see those config options.

I'm using 58.0b8 (64-bit).

I tried following the directions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-reset-default-user-agent-firefox, but I don't see those config options. I'm using 58.0b8 (64-bit).

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Turning privacy.resistFingerprinting already changes your user agent to the latest ESR release (v52). Are you trying to change it to something else? Use an extension like User Agent Switcher revived.

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Turning privacy.resistFingerprinting already changes your user agent to the latest ESR release (v52). Are you trying to change it to something else? Use an extension like User Agent Switcher revived.

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The general.useragent.override pref doesn't exist by default, so you would have to create a a String pref to use this feature.

I tested it in the current beta and with privacy.resistFingerprinting = true the user agent is not modified with general.useragent.override, so privacy.resistFingerprinting seems to be applied at a later stage and overrides other modifications.

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using a User Agent Switcher did the trick