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HughParry • today at 7:03 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

>Test your browser:

>coveryourtracks.eff.org shows you how unique your fingerprint is, with entropy for each measured data point.

Something to note - if a fingerprint is generic enough, that might be a _good_ thing!

Having worked with fingerprinting, anti-fingerprint browsers are very hard to properly identify. The ways to get around it are things like collecting more coarse fingerprints[0], as the overall one is fairly easy to change (e.g. make your browser lie about a collection of browser apis).

What's imo more difficult though is a fingerprint like:

- iPhone <new_version> - running os <latest_stable> - using default safari - bought and used in <common_location> (e.g. usa)

on a 5g mast in a decently sized city, you'll share a fingerprint with at least one other active user using a setup like ^

grapheneOS on the other hand stands out a bit more!

[0] - https://blog.castle.io/fingerprints-beyond-device-ids-engine...