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"For day-to-day use, the best options are to run tools like Privacy Badger or Disconnect that will block some (but unfortunately not all) of the domains that tr
by legind 11y ago
"For day-to-day use, the best options are to run tools like Privacy Badger or Disconnect that will block some (but unfortunately not all) of the domains that try to perform fingerprinting, and/or to use a tool like NoScript for Firefox, which greatly reduces the amount of data available to fingerprinters."
https://panopticlick.eff.org/about#defend-against https://panopticlick.eff.org/about#defend-against
- rocky1138 11y agoWill blocking them at the HOSTS file level decrease exposure as well? My gut says yes, but I wanted to check. Also, does this test check for that and/or give points for that? Here is the HOSTS file I use to block ads: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
- XzetaU8 11y agoIf you're on Linux i recommend 'Hosts-Update'[1], it's a bash script that generates a Host file from multiple sources: http://adaway.org/hosts.txt http://adaway.org/hosts.txt http://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt http://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt http://malwaredomains.lehigh.edu/files/justdomains http://malwaredomains.lehigh.edu/files/justdomains http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt [1]: https://github.com/zant95/hosts-update https://github.com/zant95/hosts-update
- legind 11y agoYes, our test does work for that and various hosts-based blockers are supported (like AdAway for Android, for example). In order for our test to give accurate results, the host-based blocker has to add our simulated trackers to its block list, which some lists may not have done yet.