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 === Backend ===
-*The backend code needs to hook into sending HTTP requests to websites and adjust the UA header depending on the domain the request is being sent to.
+*The backend code needs to hook into sending HTTP requests to websites and adjust the UA header depending on the domain the request is being sent to.<br>For this, it looks into a locally stored list of domains, and if the currently requested domain is on that list, it uses the spoof technique being specified in the list. This can be adding " (like Firefox)" to the string or something like that, up to using a fully custom UA string specified by the list.
-<br>For this, it looks into a locally stored list of domains, and if the currently requested domain is on that list, it uses the spoof technique being specified in the list. This can be adding " (like Firefox)" to the string or something like that, up to using a fully custom UA string specified by the list.
+*Additionally, the backend code needs to be able to automatically fetch new spoofing lists from the server through techniques similar to what Firefox' phishing filter or auto-update functions use.
-*The backend code also needs to be able to automatically fetch new spoofing lists from the server through techniques similar to what Firefox' phishing filter or auto-update functions use.
 === Frontend ===