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I don't think this DuckDuckGo being sloppy, just The Verge. The real headline here is that the effect extends to Incognito mode. In the 2009 post, Google said:
by Bartweiss 8y ago
I don't think this DuckDuckGo being sloppy, just The Verge. The real headline here is that the effect extends to Incognito mode.
In the 2009 post, Google said:
> ...customize search results for you based upon 180 days of search activity linked to an anonymous cookie in your browser... You'll know when we customize results because a "View customizations" link will appear... Clicking the link will let you... turn off this type of customization
None of that appears to be match the study results here. Incognito mode isn't supposed to pick up session cookies from normal browsing, no customization notice appears, and an option to turn the behavior off certainly isn't provided.
- xvector 8y agoHonestly, Google is almost certainly using canvas fingerprinting to track you across accounts, webpages, and more regardless of incognito. There should be zero expectation of privacy when using a Google service. I've switched to searx.me, which wraps Google and (optionally) a bunch of other search engines.
- esrauch 8y agoDo you have a citation that they do canvas fingerprinting or are you just guessing?
- GunlogAlm 8y agoProbably not, hence "almost certainly".
- mda 8y agoThey don't. But welcome to HN Where conspiracy is more prevalent then truth.
- doctorpangloss 8y agoI don’t know dude, it would take Google the whole of 5 minutes to publish how they track people. It’s not like they haven’t already prepared a contingency eg for congress. You’re being really flippant about speculation, which is a total red herring. The point is they’re not honest.
- mda 8y agoYou mean they don't already explain it? Please.
- pgeorgi 8y ago> Google is almost certainly using canvas fingerprinting Since that's a client side mechanism it should be rather simple to find out, no? (eg. an addon that injects tracking into the DOM accessors necessary to get at the canvas)
- newsbinator 8y agoUnfortunately: "How canvas fingerprint blockers make you easily trackable" https://multilogin.com/how-canvas-fingerprint-blockers-make-you-easily-trackable/ https://multilogin.com/how-canvas-fingerprint-blockers-make-...
- dwd 8y agoFound this with Firefox Focus. Using a minority browser with a lot of stuff blocked makes you very unique. It's good for blocking 3rd party cookies but you stand out like a sore thumb to Google.
- vxNsr 8y agowow, we took that instance down: but here is their stat list if people still wanna try the service. https://stats.searx.xyz/ https://stats.searx.xyz/
- sizzle 8y agoIs there a chrome extension or easy way to randomize canvas properties programmatically to avoid canvas fingerprinting when opening a new chrome tab? Canvas fingerprinting is highly concerning to say the least, thanks in advance to anyone with working solutions.