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Is there already a fix for that? Just a plug in that blocks all unique identifiers and responds with a windows-out-of the box configuration should solve the pro
by 1337biz 13y ago
Is there already a fix for that? Just a plug in that blocks all unique identifiers and responds with a windows-out-of the box configuration should solve the problem.
- lolnope 13y agoInstall Noscript. Torbutton helps, but for those who don't want to use the outdated tor browser bundle you can also try Blender (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/blender-1/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/blender-1/). What we really need is a modified ``privacy'' build of FF that reports spoofed js/css data (screen res etc), but I'm not skilled enough in web stuff to make that.
- _delirium 13y agoFor me, the list of installed plugins is by far the most unique bit of information, so just blocking that would be helpful.
- X4 13y agoGo here => https://stopfingerprinting.inria.fr/ https://stopfingerprinting.inria.fr/ Chrome + Firefox add-on.
- _delirium 13y agoThanks! As a side note, I've been impressed with French academia lately. Between INRIA and IRCAM, I see a lot of quite practical stuff that I like coming from there.
- X4 13y agoGlad to help. Yes so do I, I've seen a lot of INRIA projects that stunned me. I didn't know about CCRMA, would you mind sharing some stuff you found over there?
- _delirium 13y agoHah sorry, I edited my comment before you replied, but I got a brain mix-up between the international computer-music centers' acronyms: CCRMA is an American one at Stanford, but I meant IRCAM, the French one at Centre Pompidou. The third of the "big three" is CNMAT at UC-Berkeley. All are 5-letter acronyms, so it is a bit easy to confuse... It will not be very interesting if you don't care about computer music, but IRCAM has an ethos of producing many projects in that area. For example, the Max system that later became Max/MSP (and later the open-source version, Pd) was originally an IRCAM project. They also have a Common Lisp based visual-score system (http://repmus.ircam.fr/openmusic/home http://repmus.ircam.fr/openmusic/home), a system for data-based resynthesis using musical corpora (http://imtr.ircam.fr/imtr/CataRT http://imtr.ircam.fr/imtr/CataRT), and a number of other things, including many projects more on the music/composition side.
- gaadd33 13y agoThat doesn't seem to actually block anything? It just says it sends them your data for analyzing?
- X4 13y agoHere's the same test but Web2.0 style. http://fingerprint.pet-portal.eu/ http://fingerprint.pet-portal.eu/
- 1337biz 13y agoUpvoted you even so it doesn't bring a solution. They clearly state For the moment, there is no protection from fingerprinting. This seems just a wrong statement. If Firefox and Chrome are open source there must be a way to modify the fingerprint. Even if it comes in form of some "pre-loader" that blocks the sending of one fingerprint and overwrites it with another. My suspicion is that sites coming across as super sneaky (e.g. LinkedIn) are actually using browser identification / fingerprinting to make their otherwise impossible suggestions.
- sehugg 13y agoI disabled all of my plugins, and I'm still unique.
- meowface 13y agoThe only truly effective way is to use an addon like NoScript (Firefox) or NotScripts / ScriptNo (Chrome). Other addons may prevent certain leakages, but definitely not all.
- rdl 13y agoPlus a VPN and/or Tor, otherwise your IP alone dooms you.
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