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Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by njitram on Saturday November 29, 2025 @04:07AM (#46086143)
I tried various browsers, even the Tor browser, but it keeps showing 'Unique to 1 in 17.179.869.184+ devices'?
Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by qwertytyyuu on Saturday November 29, 2025 @05:19AM (#46086470)
I have the exact same, Unique to 1 in 17,179,869,184+ devices. actually slightly different. hmmm... ,'s vs .'s
Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by aaronharding on Saturday November 29, 2025 @05:21AM (#46086478)
the person above you is from The Netherlands ;)
Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by Sayrus on Saturday November 29, 2025 @06:24AM (#46086739)
It's unique but changes on each reload. While the details are interesting, the fingerprint itself is not useful.
Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by gruez on Saturday November 29, 2025 @10:31AM (#46088258)
It's highly unlikely they obtained 17 billion samples, so they're likely guesstimating it by assuming each attribute is independent, and summing the entropy of all attributes. That's obviously incorrect, both because attributes are inevitably going to be correlated (eg. ip geolocation correlated with time zone), and that two identical devices (eg. 2 iPhones) will have identical fingerprints.
Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by dunham on Saturday November 29, 2025 @12:59PM (#46089428)
And I get a different id every time I reload.