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> These replies about "uniqueness" are in response to me disclosing I use a text-only browser or some non-graphical client to access websites. And your disclos
by notriddle 5y ago
> These replies about "uniqueness" are in response to me disclosing I use a text-only browser or some non-graphical client to access websites.
And your disclosure was in response to a CSS-based fingerprinting demo. If being fingerprinted doesn’t even matter to you, and you use a text-only browser just because you prefer the UX, then why bring it up on this article in the first place?
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 5y agoBecause when there is a thread about a demo, and for some users the demo does not work, it is common to see comments that the demo did not work. Being fingerprinted does matter to me. It is one more reason why the large, complex, graphical browsers supported directly or indirectly by online advertising annoy me. It is nigh impossible for users to control those programs. As it happens, using a text-only browser, the TCP clients and the use of a proxy to remove headers all make fingerprinting less useful. The fingerprinting techniques used by "tech" companies tend to rely on the features of the large, complex, graphical browsers supported directly or indirectly by online advertising. For example, CSS fingerprinting does not work with a text-only browser doing its own formatting and ignoring CSS. Although this is not the primary reason I use a text-only browser, TCP clients and a proxy, any attempted fingerprint of that setup would indicate a user who cannot see ads. What would be the use of the fingerprint then.