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undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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GreenShimada@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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- undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Look at the uBO trackers on each site and you’ll br surprised how often Google comes up.
    
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    undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    From their domain that I’ve already blocked with DNS? Or are you talking about first-party scripts calling Google (which I’ve also seen though much more rare)?
    
    In any case I block those too.
    
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- artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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hietsu@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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- artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Some privacy browsers will randomize your fingerprint
  
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  - hietsu@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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    artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Randomized = unique
    
    …no
    
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- Anivia@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Laughs in Tails Linux
  
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- undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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