So if I’m identified as unique how bad is that? Is fingerprinting so critical that it makes all my other attempts at privacy pointless, or is it a niche edge-case that you don’t really need to worry about?
I do not think ads would keep tracking you though browser fingerprinting. Maybe just a little.
But, say, you are being prosecuted and your traffic is being looked at. No one can defend you if a fingerprint of your browser shows up somewhere where it shoulnd’t have been. You being a unique one with this fingerprint means that nobody but your machine accessed that IP address.
It kinda feels like saying: “we know the crime was committed by someone who’s this tall with this hair color and this skin color and has this tattoo on the right arm and who speaks these three languages and we have never seen anyone else who matches all of those things so it must be you”
If it points to your IP but not your PC - probably won’t hold. Same if IP is wrong but fingerprint is fine. But if both are matching, there is no doubt. You know, not many Windows 11 Pro Laptops with intel 125H, 4060m, 1440p 144hz screen, Firefox version, exact same font list, system language, setting preferences exist on the planet. It is a fingerprint in the similar way an actual fingerprint works.
This used to give me nightmares. Then I learned to love the bomb: Clean out everything each time you close your browser.
And all that’s left is your fully trackable browser fingerprint.
Here you can test how identifiable you are:
https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
https://amiunique.org/
So if I’m identified as unique how bad is that? Is fingerprinting so critical that it makes all my other attempts at privacy pointless, or is it a niche edge-case that you don’t really need to worry about?
I do not think ads would keep tracking you though browser fingerprinting. Maybe just a little.
But, say, you are being prosecuted and your traffic is being looked at. No one can defend you if a fingerprint of your browser shows up somewhere where it shoulnd’t have been. You being a unique one with this fingerprint means that nobody but your machine accessed that IP address.
Would a fingerprint uniqueness hold up in court?
It kinda feels like saying: “we know the crime was committed by someone who’s this tall with this hair color and this skin color and has this tattoo on the right arm and who speaks these three languages and we have never seen anyone else who matches all of those things so it must be you”
If it points to your IP but not your PC - probably won’t hold. Same if IP is wrong but fingerprint is fine. But if both are matching, there is no doubt. You know, not many Windows 11 Pro Laptops with intel 125H, 4060m, 1440p 144hz screen, Firefox version, exact same font list, system language, setting preferences exist on the planet. It is a fingerprint in the similar way an actual fingerprint works.
Oh right I hadn’t thought of combining it with the IP itself.
Sure, it’s still better to NOT click Accept all once in a hurry.
But my browser does mitigate some of that.
How much does privacy badger help with that
I don’t know but try it: https://abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs
I do