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If the client is blocking OS fingerprinting by returning generic
navigator.appVersion
anduserAgent
values you should probably just assume Linux in the first place.that one NetBSD user bursts into flames
Shouldn't that be a FreeBSD user?![daemon](https://www.freebsd.org/gifs/daemon-phk.png)
An OpenBSD user would puffer up instead.