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Be more specific, I know there are things like Canvas Fingerprinting. I'm not sure I can appreciate your claims without you citing specific examples.

by _RPM 10y ago

vintageseltzer 10y ago
That's not the nicest way to ask for additional information, but see: https://panopticlick.eff.org/about#browser-fingerprinting https://panopticlick.eff.org/about#browser-fingerprinting > The site you are visiting may choose to analyze your browser using JavaScript, Flash and other methods (just like Panopticlick does). It may look for what types of fonts you have installed, the language you’ve set, the add-ons you’ve installed, and other factors. The site may then create a type of profile of you, tied to this pattern of characteristics associated with your browser, rather than tied to a specific tracking cookie.
- yrro 10y ago
  Presumably this is the kind of tracking that the EU ePrivacy directive prohibits.
- zacketysack3 10y ago
  Browser fingerprinting is really scary, but AFAIK there are no major websites using it yet right? It should be fairly easy to detect if something you Google in an different browser session suddenly turns up as an ad on Reddit after you've deleted cookies and cleared history. Also it seems unlikely that Reddit would implement something like this after considering the outcry over the possibility of the Facebook mobile app recording audio. Especially since Reddit has a large technical userbase who are aware of privacy concerns in fingerprinting technologies. E: why is this being downvoted?
vessenes 10y ago
Simplest way to see if you're fingerprintable is to go to https://panopticlick.eff.org/ https://panopticlick.eff.org/. I can't promise they are up to date, so if you get a 'Not fingerprintable' result, it may be incorrect. But, if the EFF can fingerprint you, almost any website in the world can, or their ad network can.
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Be more specific, I know there are things like Canvas Fingerprinting. I'm not sure I can appreciate your claims without you citing specific examples.

by _RPM 10y ago

Be more specific, I know there are things like Canvas Fingerprinting. I'm not sure I can appreciate your claims without you citing specific examples.

vintageseltzer 10y ago

That's not the nicest way to ask for additional information, but see: https://panopticlick.eff.org/about#browser-fingerprinting https://panopticlick.eff.org/about#browser-fingerprinting > The site you are visiting may choose to analyze your browser using JavaScript, Flash and other methods (just like Panopticlick does). It may look for what types of fonts you have installed, the language you’ve set, the add-ons you’ve installed, and other factors. The site may then create a type of profile of you, tied to this pattern of characteristics associated with your browser, rather than tied to a specific tracking cookie.

yrro 10y ago
Presumably this is the kind of tracking that the EU ePrivacy directive prohibits.
zacketysack3 10y ago
Browser fingerprinting is really scary, but AFAIK there are no major websites using it yet right? It should be fairly easy to detect if something you Google in an different browser session suddenly turns up as an ad on Reddit after you've deleted cookies and cleared history. Also it seems unlikely that Reddit would implement something like this after considering the outcry over the possibility of the Facebook mobile app recording audio. Especially since Reddit has a large technical userbase who are aware of privacy concerns in fingerprinting technologies. E: why is this being downvoted?

vessenes 10y ago

Simplest way to see if you're fingerprintable is to go to https://panopticlick.eff.org/ https://panopticlick.eff.org/. I can't promise they are up to date, so if you get a 'Not fingerprintable' result, it may be incorrect. But, if the EFF can fingerprint you, almost any website in the world can, or their ad network can.

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