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submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy to c/privacy@programming.dev

On the internet, it’s easy to feel anonymous. If you don’t log in, no one can see who you are; you can even switch to incognito mode. The more savvy user would say that’s not really enough. To be anonymous, you need to clear your cookies and use a privacy-oriented browser.

But new research shows even that doesn’t work anymore. Websites are still tracking you — silently, persistently, and without your consent — by reading your browser’s unique “fingerprint.”

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[-] staircase@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Mullvad browser fights fingerprinting. You can check how exposed you are here (no idea how good this site is https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/)

[-] refalo@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No anti-fingerprinting method currently in use can evade creepjs to my knowledge. And that EFF site has its own issues... it only tests uniqueness across other visitors the site has seen before, and not all possible combinations of data points.

[-] zstg@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Any Firefox-based browser can be made to do this (I use Zen). This might not be totally bulletproof in this day and age.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago

we know reddit does aggressive fingerprinting besides using it to identify ban evaders, and im pretty sure they hand that data off to google and openai as well.

[-] Schwim@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

The chameleon browser extension attempts to randomize your fingerprint but it seems to be frowned on by privacy advocates due to being able to read pages visited.

https://sereneblue.github.io/chameleon/about/

[-] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Extensions themselves are also frowned upon by privacy advocates because anything that modifies or restricts the DOM/javascript/etc. can itself be detected and used as yet another data point to identify someone.

[-] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

More reason why script blocking and ad blocking should be native in Firefox (or whoever is gonna succeed them) with at least the same depth as uBO.

Heck, just adopt and incorporate uBO into the engine.

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