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Saturday, February 01, 2025

Creepy cookies that track all your online activity are (slowly) being eradicated. In recent years major web browsers, including Safari and Firefox, have restricted the practice. Even Chrome has realized that cookies present a privacy nightmare. But stopping them ends only one kind of online tracking"others are arguably worse.

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Fingerprinting, which involves gathering detailed information about your browser's or your phone's settings, falls into this category. The tracking method is largely hidden, there's not much you can do to stop it, and regulators have done little to limit how companies use it to follow you around the internet.

What Is Fingerprinting?

The exact configuration of lines and swirls that make up your fingerprints are thought to be unique to you. Similarly, your browser fingerprint is a set of information that's collected from your phone or laptop each time you use it that advertisers can eventually link back to you. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-01 12:51 AM | Reply

Cover Your Tracks
coveryourtracks.eff.org

... See how trackers view your browser ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-01 12:55 AM | Reply

@#2

My results are:

... 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 unique fingerprint
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Maybe that's why Facebook seems to be questioning my logins so much?

My tactics may be working.


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-01 12:58 AM | Reply

It says my browser has a randomized fingerprint.

#4 | Posted by Charliecharles at 2025-02-01 05:05 AM | Reply

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