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   Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 10-May-2026 21:41:59 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

   I'm not going to rant about this at length, but I have never seen a tool that assesses fingerprintability of browsers which is not complete utter bullshit.

   Fingerprint randomization makes you easier to track because it is detectable and rare.

   None of these tools say what incremental identifying information an attribute provides given other attributes.

   For example, on a mobile device, your screen resolution gives a pretty good idea of what device it is because there are rarely more than a few popular devices at any given time with a particular screen resolution, and especially on a given carrier.

   If I know your IP address I can predict your time zone >95% of the time, and your language setting within a couple possibilities almost as often. If I know you're using Chrome/Firefox/Safari, you're almost certainly using a release less than two months old.

   TLS fingerprinting has approximately zero privacy impact.

   None of this is to say that I would be upset in the slightest if the advertising surveillance complex ceased to exist, but scaremongering kills credibility.

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     Aris Adamantiadis :verified:💲Paid (aris@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 10-May-2026 22:09:43 JST Aris Adamantiadis :verified:💲Paid

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     @ryanc and despite all that information, 90% of the Belgian websites still serve the wrong language by default to French-speaking visitors.

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     OddOpinions5 (failedlyndonlarouchite@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 11-May-2026 02:54:09 JST OddOpinions5

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     @ryanc I dont really understand this post, which appears written for people way more tech savvy then me

     but I recall this from maybe 15 years ago

     adding a "privacy" extension* to your browser makes you way easier to track cause . . .so few people install privacy extensions

     *eg
     microblock or privacy badger on FF

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     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 11-May-2026 02:54:09 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

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     • OddOpinions5

     @failedLyndonLaRouchite Well, if you block the trackers, then it becomes pretty moot.