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Wrong. All it takes is a browser fingerprint. If they can associate that with a name, whether or not you're logged into the porn site — e.g., through sites that

by rosser 12y ago

Wrong. All it takes is a browser fingerprint. If they can associate that with a name, whether or not you're logged into the porn site — e.g., through sites that you are logged into — they can identify your browsing session on the former.

BerislavLopac 12y ago
But what about the incognito browsing? Would it prevent that?
- soylentcola 12y ago
  From the article: "Web browsers leave an essentially unique footprint every time you visit a web page, even in Incognito mode (and even without supercookies). This is well established; many web tools such as Panopticlick will confirm that you give a website lots of information about your computer every time you visit."
sparaker 12y ago
What is this browser fingerprint? If you are talking about some cookies and the user agent string. I wouldn't be concerned.
- Starwatcher2001 12y ago
  https://panopticlick.eff.org https://panopticlick.eff.org "Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 5,053,325 tested so far."
  - bhayden 12y ago
    It seems like denying access to my plugins (and maybe non-standard fonts) would solve this. Why does a website need to know my plugins in the day and age of Flash being deprecated?