Comment on Browser Fingerprinting And Why VPNs Won’t Make You Anonymous

afox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s the point. It doesn’t matter how many middle layers there are, if you’re using a web browser, there are hundreds of pieces of information that can still be used to uniquely identify you. Do you have WebGL enabled? If so, you could be identified with 100 constantly changing proxies.

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• Nighed@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you go to the site, what does it think of your fingerprint?

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• undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m here with multi-hop VPN with the first two hops staying in-country and the rest all random + a shit load of DNS blocking lists and browser extensions + blocking Google. I use different VPN providers too. I’m also introducing variable delays to my traffic to make NetFilter data less helpful.

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  • hietsu@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Right, that’s why I mentioned all the blocking at the DNS and browser extension level — most fingerprinting is being done by third-parties — I generally don’t see first parties fingerprinting but if they do it’s likely a website I chose to be on rather than some shady <script> from God knows where.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some privacy browsers will randomize your fingerprint

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      • hietsu@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Anivia@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Laughs in Tails Linux

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  • GreenShimada@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Please understand that browser extensions make you more easy to track. I used to be under the same assumption, but uBO is as far as you should go. fingerprints include your extensions.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That depends on whether your browser exposes them, and if/how they affect your fingerprint. If you go to deviceinfo.me it will show you what your browser is exposing.

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      • GreenShimada@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, there’s also the hidemytracks.eff.org and amiunique.org and abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs/index.html which is my favorite

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    • undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My thinking is that most of the fingerprinting is happening by third parties, and where it’s the website operators themselves I’m not super concerned about being fingerprinted.

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      • GreenShimada@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Look at the uBO trackers on each site and you’ll br surprised how often Google comes up.

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