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Re:A comprehensive study of how fingerprintable users are by gausswho on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:14PM (#50447037)
Ran their fingerprinting test.

CSS Colours SelectedItem and SelectedItemText basically uniquely identified by alone, less than 0.0054 of Linux users.

Why?

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Re:A comprehensive study of how fingerprintable users are by willis936 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @07:20PM (#50448220)
Ah, yes, less than 0.0049% of users use checks notes 24-bit color.
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Re:A comprehensive study of how fingerprintable users are by tomrittervg on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:14PM (#50448620)
Lots of Linux display managers, lots of themes. Try changing your theme and see if it changes the value.
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