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If you are not uniquely identifiable but 99% of the users are that's enough to identify you. That's why US Navy funded the tor project. If their people were the
by Iolaum 8y ago
If you are not uniquely identifiable but 99% of the users are that's enough to identify you. That's why US Navy funded the tor project. If their people were the only ones that could hide from other governments then those other governments knew who those unidentified people were.
- meowface 8y agoThis is also a big issue with NoScript and similar plugins. A very small percentage of real users (ignoring bots and headless browsers and such) intentionally disable JavaScript, so they're painting a target on themselves while trying to do the opposite.
- Drdrdrq 8y agoWell, NoScript (and uMatrix) help with security too, so it might still be a good idea to use them.
- meowface 8y agoFor sure. I use NoScript for browser security, not for fingerprint protection. I would still definitely recommend people use NoScript/uMatrix/etc. It's just an unfortunate side effect.
- mikedilger 8y agoThis is true. However, most users of NoScript/uMatrix/uBlock are blocking the script that actually does the fingerprinting. So while the server could infer information because the script didn't run, usually they get no notification and tracking simply fails.
- progval 8y agoFor once, let's thank web developers who assume everyone has javascript enabled.