Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge...
by esrauch on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @04:44PM
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Do you have a citation that they do canvas fingerprinting or are you just guessing?
Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge...
by mda on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @01:59AM
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They don't. But welcome to HN Where conspiracy is more prevalent then truth.
Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge...
by doctorpangloss on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @02:31AM
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I don’t know dude, it would take Google the whole of 5 minutes to publish how they track people. It’s not like they haven’t already prepared a contingency eg for congress.
You’re being really flippant about speculation, which is a total red herring. The point is they’re not honest.
Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge...
by mda on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:45AM
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You mean they don't already explain it? Please.
Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge...
by GunlogAlm on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @05:39PM
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Probably not, hence "almost certainly".
Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge...
by newsbinator on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @11:16PM
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Unfortunately:
"How canvas fingerprint blockers make you easily trackable"
https://multilogin.com/how-canvas-fingerprint-blockers-make-...
Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge...
by dwd on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @01:55AM
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Found this with Firefox Focus.
Using a minority browser with a lot of stuff blocked makes you very unique.
It's good for blocking 3rd party cookies but you stand out like a sore thumb to Google.
Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge...
by sizzle on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @12:06AM
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Is there a chrome extension or easy way to randomize canvas properties programmatically to avoid canvas fingerprinting when opening a new chrome tab?
Canvas fingerprinting is highly concerning to say the least, thanks in advance to anyone with working solutions.
Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge...
by pgeorgi on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @05:23PM
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> Google is almost certainly using canvas fingerprinting
Since that's a client side mechanism it should be rather simple to find out, no? (eg. an addon that injects tracking into the DOM accessors necessary to get at the canvas)
There should be zero expectation of privacy when using a Google service. I've switched to searx.me, which wraps Google and (optionally) a bunch of other search engines.