Interesting experiment:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...m_campaign=rss
http://panopticlick.eff.org/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...m_campaign=rss
http://panopticlick.eff.org/
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"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested." -
Hmm...
Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 105,752 tested so far.
Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at least 16.69 bits of identifying information.
Good job I didn't think I was anonymous anyway
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Your 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.
The measurements we used to obtain this result are listed below. You can read more about the methodology here, and about some defenses against fingerprinting here.Comment
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Yes, me too. I think turning off cookies might help. Will have a play around later..."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Question from an arts graduate...
how can you have 16.7 bits? isn't a bit supposed to be binary i.e. 1 or 0?Comment
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The "identifying information" it showed me was:Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
- 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.
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Unfortunate wording mefinks... I'll be having a word with them!Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostComment
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I'll be impressed when it can tell me my name.Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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That'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.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostComment
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That's the idea - tell your friends.Originally posted by PRC1964 View Post"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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