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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought by Dah00n on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @06:19AM (#35244408)
You are easily tracked without JS. It is much easier than tracking a default settings browser.
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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought by d-z-m on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @09:01AM (#35245534)
> It is much easier than tracking a default settings browser.

Not true. Especially if you mean a default browser with Canvas/WebRTC APIs enabled.

It is much more difficult for fingerprinting companies to get a high entropy fingerprint from a no-JS user.

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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought by anthk on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @07:45PM (#35254496)
Good luck with Lynx/Dillo with a fake UA.
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