So I tried this in *Privacy Browser, mojeek search engine, with and without .js. Thing is, most websites are designed not to work, without it. I could use some help with settings, if anyone is inclined.
Also, that made my fingerprint much more unique. It almost seems worse.
Having a unique fingerprint I swear is just a way to scare people into compliance. Unique doesn’t always mean known. Sure, it’s unique that they can’t track you so well. Oh no…
I feel if 1 out of 200 people had this unique fingerprint, it’d be hard to distinguish who’s actually who. No distinct way to really differentiate with such little data being allowed to be gathered.
Edit: but yes, I am satisfied. I just need to know how to do settings so .js IS enabled but also not so evil (and I doubt it’s possible), as well as just general functionality with privacy, if that’s even possible.
Imagine enough data was random that it was always unique. Never duplicate.
Or if that’s some kind of issue, then instead allowing the user to randomize their fingerprints by click of button. Surely there’s some kind of spoofing, virtualization, something that browsers can do to effectively “randomize” the measured fingerprint by third parties.
I use Fake Traveler to spoof location sometimes. I sometimes do this while shopping for various travel things that are affected by region… If you catch my drift.
The paradox is that your traffic is so unique that it can be compared to traffic captured from other websites you’ve visited and be used to build a profile around your commonly visited websites and current interests.
That fingerprint is then sold to brokers that forward to websites that will serve targeted content to your fingerprint when you do happen to show up. It doesn’t necessarily care what your identity is just that you have an identity.
But if you’re not running multiple tabs, or in private tab view, and you’re not allowing most or any cookies, then they’re going to have a harder time following what you do and where you go.
Use a solid VPN
Use Firefox derivative (Waterfox and Libre Wolf, feel free to use multiple to separate tracking)
Use pivate tab mode
Use Privacy Badger (EFF)
Use Port Authority (highly rated port scan blocker to block network port scanning from LexisNexis)
Close unused tabs
Clear cache and cookies on exit
Disable unused network stuff (WiFi and/or data, GPS, BT, NFC, anything that’s not required that could be used for location scanning)
On Android 15+ iirc, disabled mic and/or camera permissions until necessary. Most people don’t talk on the phone anymore so it’s rare you need the mic (unblock for camera)
I had to edit the post you answered here, for accuracy. Cloudflare on kbin.earth isn’t having it, for anything. I checked the box to prove I’m human a dozen times, with .js and cookies enabled, and the whole shebang just noped. 😋
So I tried this in *Privacy Browser, mojeek search engine, with and without .js. Thing is, most websites are designed not to work, without it. I could use some help with settings, if anyone is inclined.
Also, that made my fingerprint much more unique. It almost seems worse.
Having a unique fingerprint I swear is just a way to scare people into compliance. Unique doesn’t always mean known. Sure, it’s unique that they can’t track you so well. Oh no…
I feel if 1 out of 200 people had this unique fingerprint, it’d be hard to distinguish who’s actually who. No distinct way to really differentiate with such little data being allowed to be gathered.
One out of 119k.
Edit: but yes, I am satisfied. I just need to know how to do settings so .js IS enabled but also not so evil (and I doubt it’s possible), as well as just general functionality with privacy, if that’s even possible.
Imagine enough data was random that it was always unique. Never duplicate.
Or if that’s some kind of issue, then instead allowing the user to randomize their fingerprints by click of button. Surely there’s some kind of spoofing, virtualization, something that browsers can do to effectively “randomize” the measured fingerprint by third parties.
I use Fake Traveler to spoof location sometimes. I sometimes do this while shopping for various travel things that are affected by region… If you catch my drift.
https://f-droid.org/packages/cl.coders.faketraveler
The paradox is that your traffic is so unique that it can be compared to traffic captured from other websites you’ve visited and be used to build a profile around your commonly visited websites and current interests.
That fingerprint is then sold to brokers that forward to websites that will serve targeted content to your fingerprint when you do happen to show up. It doesn’t necessarily care what your identity is just that you have an identity.
But if you’re not running multiple tabs, or in private tab view, and you’re not allowing most or any cookies, then they’re going to have a harder time following what you do and where you go.
I shouldn’t need a 9 point checklist to browse the internet. I’d rather there be proper user protections in place.
Oh for sure! I agree! But I do the following, mostly automated through settings, to either poison the data or avoid them from getting it at all.
yeah turning off js means that you can’t really use most sites
I had to edit the post you answered here, for accuracy. Cloudflare on kbin.earth isn’t having it, for anything. I checked the box to prove I’m human a dozen times, with .js and cookies enabled, and the whole shebang just noped. 😋
ha
Unique but useless data.