Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser using mDNS

Re:Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser usi... by Affric on Friday July 14, 2023 @02:46AM (#36720277)

So it gets me on MacOS with safari, lynx, and firefox with strict anti-tracking on.

Tor works for blocking it.

All in all they have created a creepy wee tool.

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Re:Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser usi... by jonnycomputer on Friday July 14, 2023 @09:49AM (#36724005)

On MacOS, on Firefox, resistFingerprint=1 and clearing out recent history, or going in incognito mode, (cookies, cache, etc.) defeats the fingerprint.

A little disappointed that Privacy Badger didn't seem to make any difference. Was active the whole time.

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Re:Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser usi... by utsuro on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:44PM (#36726436)

Doesn’t seem to be the case on iOS unfortunately which is really creepy. Still get tracked regardless of Cookie & Cache Reset/VPN/Private Browsing with Safari

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