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A web page that shows you everything the browser told it without asking (sinceyouarrived.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 30 points 5 months ago (6 children)

On a bog standard phone with dns blocking and nothing more, it was able to identify a lot of information. Some pieces of information I didn't realize are sent to websites when I visit them. It's a good demonstration of fingerprinting.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Using a slightly less popular browser with a single privacy addon almost completely circumvented their fingerprinting. Changing the user agent to mask the few pieces of almost useless info it did get, would have totally circumvented their fingerprinting.

    I understand the average user would have more correct indicators. The point is, if they're going to run a service like this, pretending to be hackers and making entirely toothless threats to scare people with info they likely don't even know how to interpret themselves, shows how incompetent they are and that they don't actually want to educate. Hence why most legit groups that do education like this choose to present themselves as professionals and adults instead.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    You should try fingerprint.com .That is what Dropbox, Booking.com, TikTok etc use and you need Firefox with Jshelter set to the following settings to defeat it.

    • Time precision: High
    • Locally rendered images: Little lies
    • Locally generated audio: Little lies
    • WebAssembly speed-up: Enabled
    • Everything else including Fingerprint Detector disabled
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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    I'm not saying I'm a sec expert and impervious to tracking. I don't need to try multiple sites until one gives me more correct hits, I understand the basics of fingerprinting and how it can be used maliciously. I do more than the average user to safeguard my information.

    My point is, real sec professionals attempting to educate and make the general public more knowledgeable about privacy don't have to rely on scare tactics and vague implications that they live in the matrix and are coming for you to accomplish that. It makes them look like ding-dongs who need to take the trenchcoats and sunglasses off and open the blinds. This thankfully seems to be a common sentiment in this thread.

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