[fix] Revert "fix: check if the browser supports Sec-Fetch headers (#4696)" #4807
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How do you know that these are not legitimate users instead:
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…earxng#4696)" Many bots will probably use other user agents than the common ones (or rotate different ones)[1]. On my instance I can observe how bots with other UA headers are no longer stopped with the patch of PR searxng#4696. This reverts PR searxng#4696 commit 19b116f. [1] searxng#4696 (review) Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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FYI last force push was just a rebase on current master to solve a conflict / related: |
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Many bots will probably use other user agents than the common ones (or rotate different ones)[1].
On my instance I can observe how bots with other UA headers are no longer stopped with the patch of PR #4696.
This reverts PR #4696 commit 19b116f.
[1] #4696 (review)
To be clear, I understand the intention of #4696 and think the reasoning is correct. However, I only see disadvantages for me in practice, which is why I am applying this patch to my instance and making it available to the community with this PR.
The PR is rebased in the event of conflicts with the master branch / it can simply be patched on top of your own instance via cherry picking.