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Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023)


you are reading this article, you are most likely using a web browser, and you have some expectations or beliefs about online privacy and security. For example, I do not know what you are reading on other tabs on your web browser, and you would like to keep it that way.

Even if the browser has no cookies or other site data, their product can generate the same visitor ID and link it back to our previous visit. When activated, Firefox tries to mask certain properties like User Agent, CPU Count, Timezone, Screen Resolution etc. Tor Browser routes internet traffic through multiple relays across the world, thus making user’s browsing sessions more private.

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