Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023)

Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by specproc on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:19AM (#44670347)

I just tried this with the Firefox setting recommended in the article, with and without a VPN, and it still recognised me. Any other tips?

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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by jabjq on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:41AM (#44670586)

Yep, doesn't work at all. This post is two years old and the methods they use have been updated.

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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by thesuitonym on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:26AM (#44670420)

Did you restart Firefox after enabling the setting?

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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by specproc on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:57AM (#44670731)

Actually, no. Good shout. AFK right now, but will try later.

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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by nicman23 on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:20AM (#44670364)

ipv6?

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