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If you don't mind, how are you randomizing these metrics?
by dmm 7y ago
If you don't mind, how are you randomizing these metrics?
- zahma 7y agoNot sure what the other poster is using, but you could try https://add0n.com/useragent-switcher.html?version=0.3.2&type=install https://add0n.com/useragent-switcher.html?version=0.3.2&type... or https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random_user_agent/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random_user_a...
- OrgNet 7y agothe useragent is far from being the only metric used by panopticlick
- zahma 7y agoI know that, but the UA does provide the highest number of bits of identifying information.
- OrgNet 7y agois that still true since operating systems and browsers automatically update themselves now?
- zahma 7y agoFair point, that probably lowers the odds of recognition a bit, but the UA stands out because of the multiple variables that it reports in one header. At least when I ran Panopticlick a few times with various configurations, that was always the factor which gave up the most bits of identifying info.
- danShumway 7y agoIf you're primarily worried about privacy, I recommend against spoofing your user agent unless you're only changing superficial details. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1404608 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1404608 It's very hard to fake an OS or pretend to be a separate browser. If you're focusing on disinformation, you should probably be focusing on disinformation that's harder to detect.