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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i used to think that firefox on linux and as plain-jane-generic as you could get besides windows; but no, i'm ultra unique:

Yes! You are unique among the 5084762 fingerprints in our entire dataset.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Somehow safari on an iPhone is also unique.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

EFF updated their site since last check months ago, seeming to confirm theory

Our tests indicate that you have strong protection against Web tracking. IS YOUR BROWSER: Blocking tracking ads?	Yes Blocking invisible trackers?	Yes Protecting you from fingerprinting?	◕ your browser has a randomized fingerprint

Nice (& I’m unique again on AmIUnique)

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Check next week or in a new private tab now, prob be unique then too—think Apple’s fuzzing/reporting some noise/junk data for us.

Canvas:

& WebGL:

gotta be noisy, here’s hoping!

[–] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Look at my epic WebGL render:

[–] enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

How exactly is this rendering artifact generated?

[–] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I don't know. But it's random, which gives sites a "false sense of fingerprintability" each time.