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

• undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean it’s somewhere between what both of you are saying. I imagine “randomized” means a random common “fingerprint” (with parameters like user agent, language, etc) rather than just a unique set of randomized parameters (say, time zone in US but language set to Farsi which would be unique to an extent).

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean “unique” can be static. “Randomized” means it’s constantly changing.

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    • undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sorry but that’s totally wrong.

      The entire point is that if it’s unique it can be considered a fingerprint — in fact the entire reason it’s called “fingerprint” is that in theory it’s unique like a real fingerprint.

      If it’s common then it’s unreliable as a fingerprint because it’s no longer unique.

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      • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sorry, but that’s totally wrong.

        Imagine if you changed your literal fingerprint. No one would be able to trace it back to you.

        Likewise, if your fingerprint changes as you browse, those activities can no longer be linked together, because you no longer have a “fingerprint” at all.

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