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Panopticlick: browser fingerprinting research

21 pointsby daticoover 15 years ago

4 comments

samdkover 15 years ago
In public browsing (in Firefox) I'm unique. In private browsing I'm 1 in ~17000.<p>Interestingly, removing some of the non-standard fonts I have installed made me unique, even in private mode. This surprises me, because I have some pretty unusual fonts installed.<p><i>edit</i>: And actually, now that I test again, it does find one other match even in non-private mode. I guess that it's counting each me as a new person each time I do it, even though I'm connecting from the same IP with the same exact browser configuration.
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ntoshevover 15 years ago
I wonder if you can identify people using habitual patterns of mouse moving and pauses between keys when typing.
jodrellblankover 15 years ago
"Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 45,667 tested so far."<p>I use FlashBlock and Ghostery as well.
geuisover 15 years ago
Hmm, so I understand what they're tracking. But what's the end game for this experiment?