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The "umwelt" comic was even more complicated than that. It had different versions based on: * location (getting surprisingly specific sometimes) * browser *
by BrandonMarc 13y ago
The "umwelt" comic was even more complicated than that. It had different versions based on:
* location (getting surprisingly specific sometimes)
* browser
* what plugins work/don't work in your browser
* referrer (what you clicked on to arrive at the comic)
* operating system
* screen size
* browser window size
* hostname domain (i.e. you're at work, and your company's domain)
* hostname TLD (i.e. your computer's ISP is .net, .mil, etc)
Here are different compilations of the variations he created:
http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1037:_Umwelt http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1037:_Umwelt
http://imgur.com/a/faLz2 http://imgur.com/a/faLz2
I'm not nitpicking, just helping demonstrate how far Randall went in that creation.
- pbhjpbhj 13y ago>"what plugins work/don't work in your browser" // How'd he do that?
- cscheid 13y agoThe panopticlick paper, https://panopticlick.eff.org/browser-uniqueness.pdf https://panopticlick.eff.org/browser-uniqueness.pdf, suggests a JavaScript library called PluginDetect, http://www.pinlady.net/PluginDetect/ http://www.pinlady.net/PluginDetect/