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How do I have more identifying bits of information, but it's shared by more browsers? >Within our dataset of several million visitors, only one in 4,955 browse
by kissickas 12y ago
How do I have more identifying bits of information, but it's shared by more browsers?
>Within our dataset of several million visitors, only one in 4,955 browsers have the same fingerprint as yours.
>Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys 12.27 bits of identifying information.
I figured it would be more unique due to my running Tor Browser on a Mac - but I don't see how the math works out. Unless it actually has a count of machines with information identical to mine?
- Goopplesoft 12y ago> Unless it actually has a count of machines with information identical to mine? How else would it work (not assuming even distribution)? Im sure its a hash counter.
- mbrubeck 12y ago1/4955 means your fingerprint is shared by fewer browsers than the other commenter's 1/2915. If your fingerprint is totally unique (like mine, with 22.16 bits of information) then it is shared by only 1 in 4,697,672 browsers in their dataset.