#browserfingerprinting — Public Fediverse posts
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🔍🎩 Oh, look! A blog post has uncovered the "new" secret of browser fingerprinting, something we've all known about since the dawn of time. But sure, let's panic like it's Y2K again! 😱✨ Apparently, deleting history is as effective as a chocolate teapot when it comes to this "terrifying" tech 🕵️♀️🚫🍪.
https://mysysinfo.com/blog/what-is-browser-fingerprinting #browserfingerprinting #techpanic #privacyissues #onlineprivacy #digitalsecurity #HackerNews #ngated -
Browser Fingerprinting – How websites track you across internet –without cookies
https://mysysinfo.com/blog/what-is-browser-fingerprinting
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48856685
#HackerNews #browserfingerprinting #webtracking #privacy #cookies #internetsecurity
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CW: Human+AI
Ever wonder why ads follow you even after using incognito mode? Browser fingerprinting is likely the reason. It uses your hardware and software settings to create a unique ID. Clearing cookies won't stop it because nothing is stored on your machine. Learn more about how to protect your identity at the link below.
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It's easy to assume a VPN keeps you private, but they're not effective against the most prevalent form of cross-site tracking: Browser Fingerprinting.
Our latest video covers what browser fingerprinting is in detail and what you can do to protect yourself from trackers, plus we spoke with @ruihildt from @mullvadnet for more info on what the top privacy browsers are doing about this problem.
https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/09/12/what-is-browser-fingerprinting-and-how-to-stop-it/
:youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_50cBtSjyQ
:peertube: https://neat.tube/w/2TQztsQGZ6ZPiJVSUtSDHa#BrowserFingerprinting #MullvadBrowser #TorBrowser #BrowserFingerprint #AmIUnique #Fingerprinting #Privacy #Chrome #Firefox #PrivacyGuides #Video
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Last Friday @privacyguides released its second episode this year of This Week in Privacy! 🎤🔒✨
You can now watch it from our PeerTube instance!
Lots of very important topics being discussed in there: https://neat.tube/w/4ZCEWBfujAqHRRABNBhjB9
#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #BrowserFingerprinting
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@jon Regulation can work while simultaneously building permissionless #freedomtech that defeats surveillance techniques like #fingerprinting. I love the work #HydraVeil and #Nym are doing in this regard.
#HydraVeilVPN #NymVPN #surveillance #dataprivacy #browserfingerprinting #privacy #webtracking #SurveillanceCapitalism #permissionlesstech #foss #freesoftware #VPN
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Scientific study finds that #adtech IS using browser #fingerprinting to track people and so it no longer matters so much how good you are at blocking #cookies and #trackers 😒
https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2025/06/websites-are-tracking-you-via-browser-fingerprinting.html
They call on browser makers to do more. @jon is your team putting effort into this area?
@johnnyryan I suggest this area is added to your investigations since it is linked to the #RTB system and #databrokers 🙏
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Websites Are Tracking You via Browser Fingerprinting
https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2025/06/websites-are-tracking-you-via-browser-fingerprinting.html
#HackerNews #WebTracking #BrowserFingerprinting #Privacy #DigitalSecurity #CyberAwareness
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Your browser fingerprint is more unique than your name.
Canvas, fonts, OS, plugins—all logged.
🛑 Use anti-fingerprint browsers like Brave or Tor.
🛑 Disable JavaScript when possible.
🛑 Spoof your setup with tools like Trace. -
10 Browser Security Myths You Need to Stop Believing
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Browser Fingerprinting Masterclass: How It Works & How To Protect Yourself
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BBC: Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy. “Privacy campaigners have called Google’s new rules on tracking people online ‘a blatant disregard for user privacy.’ Changes which come in on Sunday permit so-called “fingerprinting”, which allows online advertisers to collect more data about users including their IP addresses and information about their devices.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/17/bbc-critics-say-new-google-rules-put-profits-over-privacy/
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Wow, fingerprinting with CSS only. Impressive and scaring.
#css #browserfingerprinting
From: @barefootstache
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Test your browser for tracking:
https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
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@oblomov My initial gut reaction was the same. And I still think it may be wise to opt out of this experiment until it is better understood.
But what if this initiative could indeed serve as a privacy-preserving replacement for #tracking? It looks better than all the terrible ideas Google came up with to replace cookies (#FLoC #PrivacySandbox #TopicsAPI) let alone #browserFingerprinting.
Here is my take on Mozilla's #privacyPreservingAttribution aka #privateAttribution: https://suma-ev.social/@christian/112761712837712799
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Ich mache seit einigen Monaten bei einer #BrowserFingerprinting-Studie der FAU mit. Und seit ich vor kurzem die neue Anti-#Fingerprinting-Funktion von #Firefox auch für normale Tabs aktiviert habe, ist mein Fingerprint laut deren wöchentlichem Test zwar weiterhin einzigartig (mit JS), aber plötzlich nicht mehr nachverfolgbar. \o/
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#DailyBloggingChallenge (58/100)
Account #isolation #security (continues)
Account isolation doesn’t just have to be on the device level, but can also be done on the software level like the #browser.
The benefit of using multiple browsers is that #cookies cannot cross browsers: making the pesky #trackers be browser bound and making browser fingerprinting harder to achieve. This will give oneself an edge on personal data protection.
Some browsers have the option to use containers, though it can feel like the overview is quickly lost and potentially it could be a bigger strain on the device.
Browser suggestions:
One should choose the browser dependent on the login credentials one will be using. For example if one will be using Google services like #Gmail or #YouTube, then the obvious choice is Chrome.
#infosec #DataPrivacy #BrowserFingerprinting #DataProtection
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@kreig In case anyone comes to this thread and wonders why you need to protect your hedgehog status or screen density, be sure to read to up on Browser Fingerprinting.
This sort of trackability isn’t obvious at first, as it would require so much data about so many people at once to be useful. But, yeah, they have that.
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https://www.howtogeek.com/828414/chromes-next-privacy-upgrade-might-break-some-websites/
Chrome will start removing some of the User agent string sent to websites, which normally contains Browser name and version, OS, CPU, and other info. Websites don't need to ask permission for this info, it's part of the normal exchange that every browser makes to every server. All windows PCs will simply be labeled as "windows" with no Build or version info, the same with Macintosh.
