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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Trying to avoid fingerprinting often results in easier fingerprinting.

Your browser might have a common fingerprint, but other points of configuration (screen size, window size, webrtc, etc) belie those.

Usually it just gets you put in the "People who don't like ads" advertising bin. They have specific ways to try to target us.

Relevant Bill Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXi-9kA4ERM&t=75s

I know what all the marketing people are thinking right now, too.

"Oh you know what Bill's doing? He's going for that 'anti-marketing dollar.' That's a good market, he's very smart."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

ther points of configuration (screen size, window size, webrtc, etc) belie those.

Those are also part of the fingerprinting that I’m talking about, and browsers like Tor and Mullvad take some or all of them into account.