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Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by jedberg on Saturday November 29, 2025 @01:50PM (#46089801)
> No, I have an iPhone Pro and am in the PST time zone, set to English. It has the exact same finger print as millions of other devices among the 40 million people in the PST time zone.

Your IP address, ASN, and location make this not true.

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Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by greggman65 on Saturday November 29, 2025 @09:24PM (#46092992)
Those have nothing to do with "what the browser exposes". They are exposed regardless of what you use to connect.
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Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by jedberg on Saturday November 29, 2025 @09:28PM (#46093011)
But the browser knows them too and the site can get you to reveal it, even behind a vpn.
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