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• Nycto 16y ago
  I believe it actually gets the font lists using a tiny flash app. Check out this project for an example: http://github.com/gabriel/font-detect-js http://github.com/gabriel/font-detect-js
  • minouye 16y ago
    So the browser is not really the culprit--it's flash.
    • Nycto 16y ago
      Unfortunately, it's not that simple. This specific implementation happens to use flash because it's fast and easy, but there is also a javascript/css based way of doing it: http://www.lalit.org/lab/javascript-css-font-detect http://www.lalit.org/lab/javascript-css-font-detect It looks incredibly delicate, but it seems to work. Also, I blocked their flash script and reloaded the page; My fingerprint changed, but I was still a unique butterfly. An absence of fonts is also distinguishing characteristic.
      • invisible 16y ago
        On Windows 7 it says I don't have Times/Times New Roman/Verona (via Firefox 3.6.3)...
      • ZeroGravitas 16y ago
        I don't have Flash installed and it claimed to be getting the fonts via Java instead.
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