Re:Google and Facebook are watching our every move online
by amelius on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:53PM
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How difficult would it be to defeat fingerprinting by injection of noise? I.e. your browser configuration/characteristics change every now and then by a tiny amount.
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Re:Google and Facebook are watching our every move online
by mediaserf on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:55PM
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I use an extension called Canvas Defender that does this. You can have it create a new "fingerprint" every so often. It also pops up an alert when a site requests a fingerprint. I believe Facebook uses the fingerprint as part of the browser profile to help combat fraudulent logins, as I get many more "new browser" emails from them with this extension than I did prior to installing it.
Re:Google and Facebook are watching our every move online
by rapnie on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @06:28PM
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unfortunately this will make you stand out more, probably
Re:Google and Facebook are watching our every move online
by johncarmichael3 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:07PM
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Other than adnauseum which people have already mentioned, you might like User-Agent Switcher[1]. Not sure how useful it really is, but it is fun to see the differences between how a website designed to be browser specific renders in a incorrect browser.