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Browser Fingerprinting And Why VPNs Won’t Make You Anonymous (hackaday.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Amidst the glossy marketing for VPN services, it can be tempting to believe that the moment you flick on the VPN connection you can browse the internet with full privacy. Unfortunately this is quite far from the truth, as interacting with internet services like websites leaves a significant fingerprint. In a study by [RTINGS.com] this browser fingerprinting was investigated in detail, showing just how easy it is to uniquely identify a visitor across the 83 laptops used in the study.

As summarized in the related video (also embedded below), the start of the study involved the Am I Unique? website which provides you with an overview of your browser fingerprint. With over 4.5 million fingerprints in their database as of writing, even using Edge on Windows 10 marks you as unique, which is telling.

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[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 49 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If the NSA wants you, they will get you. But I can hide from most of you with just a little email relay and a VPN

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 21 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I can hide from everyone, I just walk into the woods.

[–] halfapage@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

introducing: infrared imaging

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 34 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Good luck buddy.

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 7 points 8 hours ago

Hey, buddy.

[–] halfapage@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

Remarkable! A new market nieche discovered!

Better spin up some start-ups fast! So much privacy just lies there in the forests, waiting to be sold!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Heeeeey. Former kid, current adult, and future crazy old man here. Quick question. Do they still have 1 box of communal porn in the woods? Every woods had one when I was a kid, but I haven't been in the woods ever since we had to kill that bear.

Just wondering if woods porn is still a thing.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

Sadly, I've not come upon such a cache since the before times.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 10 points 13 hours ago

No, we're more into woods erotic geocaching these days.

[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The woods are where i can find people though

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Those aren't people anymore. They're taxidermied corpses. There's a difference.

Also, stop doing that.

[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 4 points 14 hours ago

I can't stop myself