Masking your user agent in Chrome with a plugin
The Chrome browser is rich with a multitude of plugins that you can use for just about any purpose under the sun. Let's explore a user-agent masking plugin to mask your user agent.
Why would you want to "mask" your user agent? Isn't that dishonest? Okay I'll admit it, it is. But here is one of the few cases where the ends genuinely justify the means. Besides, there's no harm done; it's not like the server figures out that your browser was lying to it and feels deceived and hurt. Masking your user agent gives you the power to convince the web server that your desktop browser is really a mobile browser. If the server believes you are using a mobile browser and its logic dictates that it should deliver ...
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