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The EFF is right, this is still way too hard.

• reginaldo 14y ago
  Actually it's a little harder still. For instance, when your browser makes requests in your behalf, it provides the destination server with a lot of information which can be used to identify you (at least temporarily)[1]. To get a better level of anonymity, one should at least use a combination of Tor and privoxy [2]. [1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/ https://panopticlick.eff.org/ [2] http://www.privoxy.org/ http://www.privoxy.org/
  • Wingman4l7 14y ago
    I could have sworn there was a "Show HN" which was a basic implementation of the Panopticlick browser fingerprinting, but I can't find it...
  • mike-cardwell 14y ago
    Your information is out of date. The Tor project no longer advises the use of privoxy, and advises all users to use The Tor Browser Bundle. This is specifically configured to make all Tor users look the same, precisely because of browser fingerprinting.
    • reginaldo 14y ago
      Thank you for the heads up. I didn't know that the Browser Bundle also took care of fingerprinting.