[LINK] Panopticlick - uniquely identifying browsers, without cookies
Rick Welykochy
rick at praxis.com.au
Thu May 20 03:22:31 AEST 2010
Robin Whittle wrote:
> Thanks for pointing to this:
>
> http://panopticlick.eff.org
>
> Holy Cow-ola . . .
I note that a Java applet needs to be run for this fingerprinting
scheme to work.
How toc circumvent this technique? Create a browser option or plug-in
that randomises some of the metrics as used by the fingerprint, e.g.
! Browser Plugin Details
! Screen Size and Color Depth
! System Fonts
* Time Zone
* Cookies Enabled
! = quite feasible by adding random details to the metric
* = perhaps but may affect browser functions
cheers
rickw
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