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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by peteretep on Monday July 31, 2017 @09:36AM (#14891792)
I have switched to explicit cookie whitelisting, and a browser cache that automatically wipes at application quit. I'm sure I can probably still be fingerprinted somehow, but I hope I have reduced the low-hanging fruit.
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by mercer on Monday July 31, 2017 @12:09PM (#14893186)
Fonts strike me as particular low-hanging fruit, especially when targeting developers (who often like to customize everything - and fonts high on the list).

In the context of a browser, how much does anything else matter if you have installed some particular programming font?

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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by theEXTORTCIST on Monday July 31, 2017 @06:54PM (#14896576)
Pretty interesting how many bits of identifying information are available based on system fonts.

if you've never seen EFF's Panopticlick check out https://panopticlick.eff.org

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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by Chaebixi on Monday July 31, 2017 @04:08PM (#14895462)
There should be a browser that explicitly attempts to present the blandest, most common profile to websites to foil tracking.
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by voltagex_ on Monday July 31, 2017 @06:27PM (#14896426)
Firefox in the Tor Browser Bundle does some of this
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by hu87 on Monday July 31, 2017 @10:56AM (#14892555)
Well I have switched to offline Stackoverflow, Wikipedia and Khan academy, all my media from no js torrent site and all news sites blocked with stay focused. Lets see you beat that :p
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by for0one on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:51AM (#14893055)
I never heard of a Stackoverflow offering a full download. Is this the link you used? https://archive.org/details/stackexchange
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by bebopfunk on Monday July 31, 2017 @12:47PM (#14893622)
How is one supposed to browse these files once un-zipped? I will be honest and admit I am ignorant to XML and had trouble finding a solution after some quick googling. Any help would be appreciated.
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by for0one on Monday July 31, 2017 @01:18PM (#14893943)
Not exactly sure. That is why I asked if @hu87 downloaded from a different / better formatted source.
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by bebopfunk on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @09:26AM (#14900365)
Hu80 linked to what he uses. http://www.kiwix.org/. Not sure if you will get a notification or not since he replied to my comment.
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by bebopfunk on Monday July 31, 2017 @01:30PM (#14894116)
Cool thanks for the reply. If you find something better and get a chance, let me know, I'd be very appreciative. I'll take a look this evening and let you know if I find anything.
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by hu80 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @03:28AM (#14898544)
Kiwix.org

Code for all platforms available on github.

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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by bebopfunk on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @09:15AM (#14900270)
Thank you!
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by hu80 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @03:28AM (#14898546)
I use kiwix-js
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by rsync on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:51AM (#14893059)
Where do people obtain offline copies of stackoverflow ?
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Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say resear... by hu80 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @03:29AM (#14898550)
Check out kiwix.org they have all the dumps and readers. Even full text search works for many archives
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