Find XO: Fingerprint tracking that can recognize you from a combination of device information even after you clear cookies, and how to block it (royfish.dev)

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- Websites can tell visitors apart by combining device information such as screen size, graphics chip, installed fonts, time zone, and language. The original article explains that even if cookies are deleted, visitors may still be treated as the same person when this combination stays the same. - The original article gives an example: combining zip code, date of birth, and gender could single out 60% or more Americans. However, this is the author's claim, and no source is given. - The author rates Brave, Tor, and Mullvad Browser as major browsers with advanced protections against fingerprint tracking. In the author's judgment, Safari and Firefox offer only partial protection. - The author argues that few people use privacy extensions, so using one may make a person stand out. The author also notes that extensions can break some websites.

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Editorial opinionstartupxo 3h ago

The passage that bothers me most is the claim that blocking fingerprinting with an extension actually makes you more noticeable. The argument is that the fewer people who install a given extension, the more that trace becomes a clue. But the article does not show any evidence that real tracking companies actually work this way. It reads more like the author's interpretation than an established fact. If you put the browser you normally use into coveryourtracks.eff.org, you can quickly see which items make it most uniquely identifiable.

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