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Am I unique? See your browser footprint

8 pointsby benjaminjosephwover 9 years ago

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benjaminjosephwover 9 years ago
I&#x27;d never thought that I could be identifiable via the unique combination of factors.<p>Another spooky js lib (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;valve.github.io&#x2F;fingerprintjs2&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;valve.github.io&#x2F;fingerprintjs2&#x2F;</a>) generates a fingerprint using the following sources:<p><pre><code> * UserAgent * Language * Color Depth * Screen Resolution * Timezone * Has session storage or not * Has local storage or not * Has indexed DB * Has IE specific &#x27;AddBehavior&#x27; * Has open DB * CPU class * Platform * DoNotTrack or not * Full list of installed fonts (maintaining their order, which increases the entropy), implemented with Flash. * A list of installed fonts, detected with JS&#x2F;CSS (side-channel technique) - can detect up to 500 installed fonts without flash * Canvas fingerprinting * WebGL fingerprinting * Plugins (IE included) * Is AdBlock installed or not * Has the user tampered with its languages 1 * Has the user tampered with its screen resolution 1 * Has the user tampered with its OS 1 * Has the user tampered with its browser 1 * Touch screen detection and capabilities</code></pre>
sonnypover 9 years ago
Also <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;panopticlick.eff.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;panopticlick.eff.org&#x2F;</a>