Security News > 2023 > June > Vivaldi is spoofing Edge Browser to bypass Bing Chat restrictions
The Vivaldi Browser is now spoofing Microsoft Edge on Android devices starting today to bypass browser restrictions Microsoft placed in Bing Chat.
Since Microsoft released its Bing Chat, they have restricted it so users can only use it on the Microsoft Edge Browser.
As Bing's ChatGPT4-powered Chat service has proven to be very popular, Vivaldi announced today that it is changing its browser's user agent to impersonate Microsoft Edge when visiting Bing Chat.
With this change, Bing Chat sees the visitor as using Microsoft Edge and allows them to use the chat service without any issues.
If you do not want to install a new browser, you can achieve the same functionality by installing browser extensions or changing configuration options in the browser.
Installing a browser extension that allows you to easily change your user agent is much easier than fiddling with configuration options.