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undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Hops don’t matter at all against fingerprinting, which includes things like fonts you have installed, the os, os version number, browser version, extensions, some browser settings/flags, timezone, keyboard layout, your screen resolution, dpi, and what ever the crap the ”canvas” has stored. So pretty much no matter what you do, you’re unique.

You can use some browsers that resist fingerprinting but guess what, those are so rarely used that again you shine like a beacon. I’m still yet to find an browser extension that would fake all my fingerprint parameters by setting them as what is the most common one in each category. So a Windows user running latest Chrome full screen on Fullhd monitor.

And there is nothing stopping websites running the fingerprinting services and scripts on their own server, albeit most rely on third parties for convenience, and these at least can be blocked.

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- artyom@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Some privacy browsers will randomize your fingerprint
  
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- Anivia@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Laughs in Tails Linux
  
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GreenShimada@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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- undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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