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Adds User Agent Switcher, by @ray-lothian

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- User Agent Switcher and Manager
- Spoofs and mimics browser's User-Agent strings
- Useful to make it appear your using a different browser or version
- Credit to  Ray Lothian
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@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ The following browser add-ons give you better control over what content is able
**[Self-Destructing Cookies](https://add0n.com/self-destructing-cookies.html)** | Prevents websites from tracking you by storing unique cookies (note Fingerprinting is often also used for tracking). It removes all related cookies whenever you end a session. **Download**: [Chrome][self-destructing-cookies-chrome] \ [Firefox][self-destructing-cookies-firefox] \ [Opera][self-destructing-cookies-opera] \ [Source][self-destructing-cookies-source]
**[Privacy Redirect](https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect)** | A simple web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives <br>**Download**: [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/) / [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb)
**[Site Bleacher](https://github.com/wooque/site-bleacher)** | Remove automatically cookies, local storages, IndexedDBs and service workers <br>**Download**: [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/site-bleacher/) \ [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/site-bleacher/mlcfcepfmnjphcdkfbfgokkjodlkmemo) \ [Source](https://github.com/wooque/site-bleacher)
**[User Agent Switcher](https://add0n.com/useragent-switcher.html)** | Spoofs browser's User-Agent string, making it appear that you are on a different device, browser and version to what you are actually using. This alone does very little for privacy, but combined with other tools, can allow you to keep your fingerprint changing, and feed fake info to sites tracking you. Some websites show different content, depending on your user agent.<br>**Download**: [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher/bhchdcejhohfmigjafbampogmaanbfkg) \ [Fireforx](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/) \ [Edge](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/cnjkedgepfdpdbnepgmajmmjdjkjnifa) \ [Opera](https://addons.opera.com/extensions/details/user-agent-switcher-8/) \ [Source](https://github.com/ray-lothian/UserAgent-Switcher/)
**[PrivacySpy](https://privacyspy.org)** | The companian extension for PrivacySpy.org - an open project that rates, annotates, and archives privacy policies. The extension shows a score for the privacy policy of the current website.<br>**Download**: [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacyspy/ppembnadnhiknioggbglgiciihgmkmnd) \ [Fireforx](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacyspy/)
**[HTTPZ](https://github.com/claustromaniac/httpz)** | Simplified HTTPS upgrades for Firefox (lightweight alternative to HTTPS-Everywhere) <br>**Download**: [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/httpz/)
**[Skip Redirect](https://github.com/sblask/webextension-skip-redirect)** | Some web pages use intermediary pages before redirecting to a final page. This add-on tries to extract the final url from the intermediary url and goes there straight away if successful <br>**Download**: [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skip-redirect/) \ [Source](https://github.com/sblask/webextension-skip-redirect)