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by user17843 7y ago
One of the referenced studies (1-million study withOpenWPM, the most recent from 2016) notes that the usual fingerprinting scripts have basically disappeared since a public outcry and media attention following a lawsuit. Prevalence: - 1.4%
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by user17843 7y ago
I have to withdraw my original statement, Looks like I have the same set of fonts as you. So that part seems to work, I was just confused because the effect on overall uniqueness is very low. Still I applaud the efforts by the WebKit Team.
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by user17843 7y ago
the test shows unique system fonts for me. Here's a quote: "There will also be new security measures to prevent digital fingerprinting, or the use of things like installed fonts and plug-ins to help track users across the internet
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by user17843 7y ago
why do the studies referenced in the above study only show a very low <1% prevalence? Do they omitt the "good fingerprinters"?
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by user17843 7y ago
the marketing department probably decided that it needs to be done and the safari engineers realized this would completely destroy usability for a majority of users, so they quietly abandoned it. Especially as it isn't as simple as a s
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by user17843 7y ago
it hasn't, it was PR. look up amiunique.org or panopticlick.eff.org with Safari.
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by user17843 7y ago
It looks like the prevalence is low and it can easily be blocked with blocking the scripts in question. Nevertheless, what needs to happen is that all major browser makers come together and simply create a set of standard API values that do
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by user17843 7y ago
I doubt this. There are extension update pings, and my guess is that the number of users is deducted from the update pings, but I could be wrong.
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by user17843 7y ago
hmm ok, he says everyone ignores him and he gets no money from any NG0, and that his system could regreen the entire planet.
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by user17843 7y ago
It will be possible to roughly deduct this from the following statistics during the next days/weeks: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/... https://data.firefox.c
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by user17843 7y ago
Some comments are just tongue-in-cheek. As long as environmentalists only complain about the bad things, instead of actually building from a positive vision, nothing will happen. For example, why is Greenpeace et al. suppressing the knowled
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by user17843 7y ago
There are many deserted regions around the world. Desertification in those areas is increasing, especially North Africa, and Central Asia. The focus of environmentalists on the Rainforest is not productive. Solutions need to be future-orien
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by user17843 7y ago
and they have a nice lite search: https://lite.qwant.com/
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by user17843 7y ago
I have split up my browsing and search among multiple browsers, depending on the use case, and I use Bing, Google, DuckDuckGo and Startpage, mostly for having different perspectives as I found out that only using google limited the stuff I
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by user17843 7y ago
It was a cynical way of critizing that they collect so-called anonymized usage data, for example for people who really need something anonymous they could start offering a gateway to a search that doesn't collect anything at all. http
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by user17843 7y ago
I rather want to see the "Duck-Not-Track Act", as DDG has a complete "data survaillance" system built into their product.
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by user17843 7y ago
Funny enough, everything is anonymous on paper when you take away the IP address. Except, it is not, because the data profiles still exist. In that way, Google could advertize itself as being anonymous, as they probably delete IP addresses
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by user17843 7y ago
Indeed, no one talks about the privacy implications of referral links, although when it comes to the agreement with Bing, etc., I think everything is proxied. Not so much with the direct links to Amazon. Amazon knows when you are a DDG user
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by user17843 7y ago
Thanks for the explanation. Can you provide me with a link to learn more about how google manages extension certs? I am interested in learning how their system differs from Firefox, if at all.
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by user17843 7y ago
Imho, making it available via about:config switch would be entirely sufficient. There are dozens of settings that already affect security, like ssl handling, safe browsing, firstparty isolation, and tracking protection. But where is the evi
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by user17843 7y ago
I doubt google has certificates that run out automatically. Rather, the best way is with each signing to include signing the date and not allow the certificate to expire retroactively.
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by user17843 7y ago
some things I wrote I can not prove, that is right. I would love to revise my negative opinion in light of better evidence.
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by user17843 7y ago
nowadays they seem to make it a hobby to make negative headlines at least once every quarter. I fear there will be no negative repercussions for the leadership. Basically, the management set their own salaries, the entire work force gets a
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by user17843 7y ago
You are right. It doesn't make any sense to use certificates for this kind of stuff. If an extension turns out to be malicious, you simply deactivate it in the store, and then proactively deactivate the existing installs. This is how C
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by user17843 7y ago
it's one step closer and more direct control, which is why this is now being used to deliver the quick fix. The downside is that the process of updating the software becomes a bit fragmented, which is probably confusing users now.
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by user17843 7y ago
Is it possible that this wasn't an expired certificate but someone accidentally changed the signing process? The disabling happened right after the announcement by Mozilla to implement a new policy towards extensions. Maybe someone did
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by user17843 7y ago
modern software (especially browsers) with auto-update = SAAS. What you experience is a synced remote interface, you don't own your software anymore. Granted, the secret lies in providing such an excellent and subtle service that the m
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by user17843 7y ago
This partial fix via Normandy means a relevant part of the user base may still be in the dark: tech-savvy power users with many extensions who have chosen to disable normandy. (This is probably also the group which is most affected by rese
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by user17843 7y ago
Thanks! Do you know how many active users were affected by this certificate error and subsequent addon disabling? I guess most users were spared due to the timing and short duration of the error.
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by user17843 7y ago
Do you think my interpretation of Google not having long-term user-profiles of non-logged in users due to GDPR is correct? I read that Google has rolled out their GDPR compliance worldwide.

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