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Is it even possible to protect yourself from fingerprinting? (kbin.run)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Even though i have Proton VPN blocking trackers and use firefox with arkenfox EFF always says my browser has a unique fingerprint. Same with Mullvad browser and Tor. When I switched Tor to "Safer" it said near unique fingerprint, and only when i switched it to safest did it say i am protected from fingerprinting

from my results id guess that it has no fingerprit thanks to no javascript, but 90% of websites are useless without js

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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

If your fingerprint is unique, that means you can't be confused for someone else.

That is literally the opposite of anti-fingerprinting.

You want to look like 1000's of other people, so they can't prove it was you that visited a particular site and use that information against you.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    If it's unique every time it means they can't create a consistent fingerprint for you.

    A UUID assigned to each user is unique, but that's not useful for tracking unless you can ensure each user keeps the same number across visits.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The idea with anti-fingerprinting is the idea that no matter who you are or what your setup is, the fingerprint is created, it matches many, many other browsers

    Imagine a sea of people in Guy Fawkes masks.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    No, the idea is that you can't be traced via fingerprinting.

    Both strategies accomplish that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    The issueI have with the "always unique" plan is that if they can determine your browser was associated with some set of unique IDs, then they can track you. Imagine a TOTP where the keys were leaked so the adversary can determine the entire set of possible codes.

    If everyone's fingerprints always match each other's, then you have plausible deniability.

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