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Comment by SoftTalker

12 hours ago

No extensions that randomly change your fingerprint? I suppose that might trigger a lot of captchas.

Fingerprinting can be extremely sophisticated. Have a look at this test: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Only Tor Browser can reliably fight with it.

  • Tor Browser will not even hide the OS you're using from javascript... so if you're on Linux, you are automatically more identifiable than >97% of people.

    Also, that EFF site only checks against other people who visited the same site, so the results are skewed IMO. The other comment that links to creepjs is what I consider the best available open source tool.

    • Yes, the anonymization is not perfect but it's the best you can get.

      You don't have to compare your fingerprint with other visitors. Just have a look at the detailed information to understand which things reveal your identity the most.