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[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 118 points 1 week ago

This ones my fave: https://amiunique.org/fingerprint

It shows the percentages of people who use your same browser features (called similarity ratios), and can determine whether you're unique in their dataset. Can help for tweaking browser settings to try to make yourself not unique.

[-] Programman4233@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 23 hours ago

what does "You are unique among the 5119710 fingerprints ..." mean?

[-] sobchak@programming.dev 31 points 1 week ago

TIL LibreWolf randomizes some fingerprinting targets.

[-] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago

Yes and it will appear unique every time because every visit is using a different combination.

You'll be unique be less trackable.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago

i used to think that firefox on linux and as plain-jane-generic as you could get besides windows; but no, i'm ultra unique:

Yes! You are unique among the 5084762 fingerprints in our entire dataset.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Somehow safari on an iPhone is also unique.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Check next week or in a new private tab now, prob be unique then too—think Apple’s fuzzing/reporting some noise/junk data for us.

Canvas:

& WebGL:

gotta be noisy, here’s hoping!

[-] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

Look at my epic WebGL render:

[-] enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 days ago

How exactly is this rendering artifact generated?

[-] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I don't know. But it's random, which gives sites a "false sense of fingerprintability" each time.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

EFF updated their site since last check months ago, seeming to confirm theory

Our tests indicate that you have strong protection against Web tracking. IS YOUR BROWSER: Blocking tracking ads?	Yes Blocking invisible trackers?	Yes Protecting you from fingerprinting?	◕ your browser has a randomized fingerprint

Nice (& I’m unique again on AmIUnique)

[-] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Attribute number 1 already says 0%. We're done here.

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

They basically asked for your name, birth date, and mother's maiden name, and your browser just gave it to them and offered even more.

[-] MakingWork@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

Is there no add on, for Firefox, for example, to stop or confuse fingerprinting?

Any suggestions?

For Android.

[-] SwooshBakery624@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

You can enable RFP on Firefox Android with about:config. Or just install IronFox/WebLibre, they'll do it for you.

[-] MakingWork@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

About:config doesn't work on my android Firefox.

I should switch.

[-] No1@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My Mum always said I was unique.

Now I have proof!

Just being in Australia, and setting the timezone correctly gets you to below 0.6%

😒

[-] MadameBisaster 7 points 1 week ago

I am unique cause I set language to EN-GB :D I guess their dataset is us centric

[-] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Same here with en-au, and my fucking timezone.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

that's pretty comprehensive, and similarity ratios show how easy it is to create a unique fingerprint for somebody if you hash a few of these metrics together for example.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] mmmac@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

The percentage of, normally, privacy-aware people

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

dang, even with vanadium on graphene i am very uniquely identified. I suppose it can't be helped these days.

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