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I'm considering it a good thing at this point that I'm getting captcha-walled with increasing frequency. It means that my setup and behavior looks more like the

I'm considering it a good thing at this point that I'm getting captcha-walled with increasing frequency. It means that my setup and behavior looks more like the billions of anonymous bots flooding the web rather than a lucrative mark.

fsflover 1y ago
Did you have a look at this test? https://www.eff.org/pages/cover-your-tracks https://www.eff.org/pages/cover-your-tracks
daneel_w 1y ago
You should share details on your setup.
- jordanb 1y ago
  Nothing special just Firefox and the normal privacy plugins.
  - PunchTunnel 1y ago
    It also might be (as it proved in my case) that your address block (including the whole neighborhood from an ISP perspective) includes a compromised device. I discovered one of my neighbors has a compromised device that's sending a couple million spam emails per month, and it tainted the reputation of the entire network address block.
    - jordanb 1y ago
      Well it happens on both my laptop and my phone, both of which are firefox with a lot of the fingerprinting stuff like useragent knocked out, as well as adblock, etc.
- bo1024 1y ago
  (Different commenter, same experience) Firefox, VPN, UBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, and UMatrix plugin to block cookies and javascript by default. (You can easily whitelist first and/or third-party cookies and/or JS on sites of your choice.) Actually, usually librewolf instead of firefox, but not a big difference I suspect.
  - mudkipdev 1y ago
    +1 for librewolf
  - daneel_w 1y ago
    When I test with Librewolf (anti-fingerprinting enabled) and uBlock Origin as only addon installed, it manages to retain my fingerprint across sessions. Perhaps it's my static IP.
- firefax 1y ago
  I use noscript, ublock origin, and container tabs to isolate my personal email and banking, and often get accused of being a robot. (I'm a real boy!)
bo1024 1y ago
Same, but to access so many websites now, you have to turn on JS (i.e. turn on fingerprinting). Even for sites where this isn't on purpose, it's true because they're behind Cloudflare.

fsflover 1y ago

Did you have a look at this test? https://www.eff.org/pages/cover-your-tracks https://www.eff.org/pages/cover-your-tracks

daneel_w 1y ago

You should share details on your setup.

jordanb 1y ago
Nothing special just Firefox and the normal privacy plugins.
- PunchTunnel 1y ago
  It also might be (as it proved in my case) that your address block (including the whole neighborhood from an ISP perspective) includes a compromised device. I discovered one of my neighbors has a compromised device that's sending a couple million spam emails per month, and it tainted the reputation of the entire network address block.
  - jordanb 1y ago
    Well it happens on both my laptop and my phone, both of which are firefox with a lot of the fingerprinting stuff like useragent knocked out, as well as adblock, etc.
bo1024 1y ago
(Different commenter, same experience) Firefox, VPN, UBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, and UMatrix plugin to block cookies and javascript by default. (You can easily whitelist first and/or third-party cookies and/or JS on sites of your choice.) Actually, usually librewolf instead of firefox, but not a big difference I suspect.
- mudkipdev 1y ago
  +1 for librewolf
- daneel_w 1y ago
  When I test with Librewolf (anti-fingerprinting enabled) and uBlock Origin as only addon installed, it manages to retain my fingerprint across sessions. Perhaps it's my static IP.
firefax 1y ago
I use noscript, ublock origin, and container tabs to isolate my personal email and banking, and often get accused of being a robot. (I'm a real boy!)

bo1024 1y ago

Same, but to access so many websites now, you have to turn on JS (i.e. turn on fingerprinting). Even for sites where this isn't on purpose, it's true because they're behind Cloudflare.