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That's not the nicest way to ask for additional information, but see: https://panopticlick.eff.org/about#browser-fingerprinting https://panopticlick.eff.org/ab
by 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 agoPresumably this is the kind of tracking that the EU ePrivacy directive prohibits.
- zacketysack3 10y agoBrowser 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?