[LINK] Panopticlick

[Philip Argy]

Here's the surprising result of my test:

"Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 991,638 tested so
far.

Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at
least 19.92 bits of identifying information."

There are lots of IT security, law enforcement and forensic evidence
implications with this technique, not all of them bad.

Philip

-----Original Message-----
From: link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au
[mailto:link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Birch, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 2010 16:24
To: The Link Institute
Subject: Re: [LINK] Panopticlick - uniquely identifying browsers, without
cookies

> Thanks for pointing to this:
>
>    http://panopticlick.eff.org

Ditto.  I'm unique in fonts and in FF plugins.

Multiplying out the factors gives me about 10^22. Cool?  

But I do have javascript disabled by default, which gives me a one in
318,716 match which is still pretty identifiable. 

Looks like I need a random swapper and a plugin of the day installer.

Jim


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