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Even trying to be less trackable makes you more unique.

by dictum 13y ago

logn 13y ago
Yep. And I didn't know that our browser sends plugin info to websites. Wonder if there's a plugin to turn that off :P
- X4 13y ago
  I found this site, that way :) Go here => https://stopfingerprinting.inria.fr/ https://stopfingerprinting.inria.fr/ Chrome + Firefox add-on.
  - e40 13y ago
    I installed it and the uniqueness didn't change in the OP's test.
    - X4 13y ago
      You're right. The website claims: For the moment, there is no protection from fingerprinting. Browser extensions that change some of the parameters of your browser’s snapshot make you even more identifiable because there are often other ways to check the values of these parameters. However, some of your parameters change by themselves, for example, after your web browser updates, or simply when you travel or use external monitors. Panopticlick does not take it into account, however effective fingerprinting libraries are able to identify you because they monitor your consequent visits to the websites.
      - ds9 13y ago
        "Browser extensions that change some of the parameters of your browser’s snapshot make you even more identifiable because there are often other ways to check the values of these parameters." For example, use Useragent Switcher in FF, this is effective as long as you keep JS off. With JS the site can interrogate the client and report and any discrepancy would be found, and distinctive. I've been looking at this from the avoiding-tracking and from the server side (identifying clients independently of cookies). The client is very limited in options with JS on. Users need more control of this in the browser. In an application you could in principle track users even across some changes with a sort of "preponderance of the signals" confidence value - weighting several things like Ip, platform etc..
- jimktrains2 13y ago
  I believe they use JS to get the plugins and fonts.
  - grey-area 13y ago
    JS is just the plugins. The fonts list requires flash or java.
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Even trying to be less trackable makes you more unique.

by dictum 13y ago

Even trying to be less trackable makes you more unique.

logn 13y ago

Yep. And I didn't know that our browser sends plugin info to websites. Wonder if there's a plugin to turn that off :P

X4 13y ago
I found this site, that way :) Go here => https://stopfingerprinting.inria.fr/ https://stopfingerprinting.inria.fr/ Chrome + Firefox add-on.
- e40 13y ago
  I installed it and the uniqueness didn't change in the OP's test.
  - X4 13y ago
    You're right. The website claims: For the moment, there is no protection from fingerprinting. Browser extensions that change some of the parameters of your browser’s snapshot make you even more identifiable because there are often other ways to check the values of these parameters. However, some of your parameters change by themselves, for example, after your web browser updates, or simply when you travel or use external monitors. Panopticlick does not take it into account, however effective fingerprinting libraries are able to identify you because they monitor your consequent visits to the websites.
    - ds9 13y ago
      "Browser extensions that change some of the parameters of your browser’s snapshot make you even more identifiable because there are often other ways to check the values of these parameters." For example, use Useragent Switcher in FF, this is effective as long as you keep JS off. With JS the site can interrogate the client and report and any discrepancy would be found, and distinctive. I've been looking at this from the avoiding-tracking and from the server side (identifying clients independently of cookies). The client is very limited in options with JS on. Users need more control of this in the browser. In an application you could in principle track users even across some changes with a sort of "preponderance of the signals" confidence value - weighting several things like Ip, platform etc..
jimktrains2 13y ago
I believe they use JS to get the plugins and fonts.
- grey-area 13y ago
  JS is just the plugins. The fonts list requires flash or java.

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