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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by SoftTalker on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @03:50PM (#47238779)
No extensions that randomly change your fingerprint? I suppose that might trigger a lot of captchas.
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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by majorchord on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @05:17PM (#47239872)
There are but I'm not aware of anything that can reliably fool creepjs.

https://abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs/

And yes it often results in endless captcha loops.

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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by fsflover on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @06:12PM (#47240451)
Fingerprinting can be extremely sophisticated. Have a look at this test: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Only Tor Browser can reliably fight with it.

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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by ranger_danger on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @07:14PM (#47241131)
Tor Browser will not even hide the OS you're using from javascript... so if you're on Linux, you are automatically more identifiable than >97% of people.

Also, that EFF site only checks against other people who visited the same site, so the results are skewed IMO. The other comment that links to creepjs is what I consider the best available open source tool.

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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by fsflover on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @03:38AM (#47244736)
Yes, the anonymization is not perfect but it's the best you can get.

You don't have to compare your fingerprint with other visitors. Just have a look at the detailed information to understand which things reveal your identity the most.

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