Thought those browser fingerprinting warnings were hype until I checked my own

I used to think all those articles about browser fingerprinting were just tech people being dramatic. Last week I ran a test on my own computer using Cover Your Tracks and it showed my browser had a nearly unique fingerprint out of over 200,000 samples. That was from just my fonts, screen size, and plugins alone. Has anyone else tested theirs and found something that freaked them out?

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the_wren4d ago

i mean it's not really that shocking once you think about it but yeah the numbers are pretty wild. one thing though, the screen size thing is a little misleading because it's usually the window size not your actual monitor resolution that gets used. like if you have your browser window snapped to half the screen that's way more common than your full 1920x1080 or whatever. still though the fonts alone are usually enough to narrow it down a ton especially if you have any weird ones installed from design software or games. idk maybe it's just me but i feel like the plugin fingerprinting is the creepiest part cause you can't really do much about that without breaking stuff.

oliver_wilson494d ago

Plugin fingerprinting is the one that actually keeps me up at night.