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Alright Trig?Originally posted by Churchill View PostAllo Dave!Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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Indeed. Fonts and plugins provide the most information. For example, I've got the new MS fonts that shipped with Vista installed on my Mac, which most people don't have.Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostThat's what identified me. 100,000 or so tests is not really very many. I expect that once you'd tested every PC in the UK/Europe/World my identifying information would be pretty hard to tell from millions of others.Comment
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Well if you're hung like one, may as well be named after one...Originally posted by ratewhore View PostAlright Trig?
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Noscript knocked most of those on the head...Originally posted by NickFitz View PostThe "identifying information" it showed me was:
- User Agent
- HTTP_ACCEPT header
- Browser plugins
- Time zone
- Screen size and colour depth
- System fonts (gathered via a Java applet)
- Are cookies enabled?
- Limited "supercookie" test - in other words, checking support for HTML5 DOM localStorage, HTML5 DOM sessionStorage and IE userData.
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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NoScript is the biggest giveaway of all...Originally posted by cojak View PostNoscript knocked most of those on the head...
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Ah well....Originally posted by NickFitz View PostNoScript is the biggest giveaway of all...
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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I got that 16.7 as well but with:Originally posted by Churchill View PostYour browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 106,319 tested so far.
Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at least 16.7 bits of identifying information.
I think that 16.7 is probably for every browser...Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 111,680 tested so far.“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Except mine, with 16.69Originally posted by darmstadt View PostI think that 16.7 is probably for every browser...
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Mine's 11.01"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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