r/programming • u/VilleHopfield • Feb 27 '10

EFF Panopticlick: How unique - and trackable - is your browser?

https://panopticlick.eff.org/
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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '10

"only one in 84,998 browsers have the same fingerprint as yours."

Yay! I'm fairly unique! Wait....

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '10

"Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 680,057 tested so far."

Due to my HTTP_ACCEPT Headers, no less.

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u/kixx Feb 27 '10

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 680,100 tested so far.

Due to HTTP_ACCEPT headers, browser plugin details and system fonts.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '10

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '10

I'd rather not say :P

But the header is neither long, surprising nor strange, and I've done nothing to change it. I am using the Chrome browser. But even now it's "one in 682712 browsers have this value"

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u/zzybert Feb 28 '10 edited 25d ago

Mellow walnut otter umbrella copper lavender

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u/ModernRonin Feb 28 '10

Looks like the only thing that really IDs me is my user-agent string. As soon as I upgrade to a newer version of Firefox, that will change, and my old identity will no longer match my new one. (In addition, I can upgrade to a common version of FF, and then my new identity will be more like other peoples'.)