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The browser presents your client as being in the GMT timezone to reduce fingerprinting using timezones, supposedly. Guess what stands out like a sore thumb? So
by KennyBlanken 5y ago
The browser presents your client as being in the GMT timezone to reduce fingerprinting using timezones, supposedly.
Guess what stands out like a sore thumb? Someone with a timezone many hours off from everyone else in their country/state/region.
Fucking idiots.
- account42 5y agoUnfortunately, trying to hide the fact that you are using a particular privacy-conscious browser is generally impossible. The best you can do is hide amongs all the other users of that browser.
- gkbrk 5y agoUTC, GMT or the +0 timezone is pretty standard when using a browser that does not leak data like a sieve. So I don't think it will stick out that much. If they picked another value though it might be problematic.