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RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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EFF "cover your tracks" browser privacy test

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EFF "cover your tracks" browser privacy test

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RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ Wanted to share this awesome tool to test your browser, also please do share your results in the comments.

  • RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    very hard to circumvate fingerprinting, I use noscript for that

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      What are your settings for noscript? This test won’t complete after installing it.

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        You have to enable the scripts for the page and leave everything else blocked

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          Doesn’t work.

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            It’s a bit of manual work. Trial and error with just first party scripts, then add specific capabilities to scripts one-by-one

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              Best I get is with canvasblocker–without NoScript. At this point I’m not sure this screenshot is not photoshopped.

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                We could ask the OP for their NoScript settings.

                @WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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                  in the noscriot settings default is set to “noscript and others” rest turned off, there is also ublock origin set to block 3rd party scripts, firefox fingerprinting settings are turned on

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                    What are your NoScript settings for this page?

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                firefoxes regular fingerprinting protection has canvas blocking try turning that on from about:config. no scrip allows only “noscript” and “others” to loaf by defsult and ublock origin is blocking 3rd psrty javascript.

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        Task failed successfully

      • RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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        I have only “no script” and “others” enabled by default

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      LOL

      https://abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs/

      you don’t even need javascript to fingerprint anymore. html and css works too

      • RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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        that needs javascript to work. I largely block javascript on my browser.

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      Just use brave

      Our tests indicate that you have strong protection against Web tracking.

      IS YOUR BROWSER:

      Blocking tracking ads? Yes

      Blocking invisible trackers? Yes

      Protecting you from fingerprinting? ◕ your browser has a randomized fingerprint

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        fuck brave

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          I never got all the Brave hate. Just don’t do the crypto stuff.

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            that in my opinion shouldn’t be in the browser in the first place, plus I don’t wanna support the chromium monopoly and instead wanna use a gecko based browser.

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              It’s opt-in

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            For me, I just dislike the feature bloat. I wonder if somebody has a brave fork, since brave has some of the best fingerprinting protection amongst all browsers

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