the data detox raises some interesting questions, mainly how do we limit the ability of 'Fingerprinting' and enforcing DNT.
the data detox kit is a great tool. the reality is that when utilising the ideas presented, more questions are raised and a few are answered. why does Panopticlick : 1. fail the test -Does your browser unblock 3rd parties that promise to honor Do Not Track? 2. fail the test - Does your browser protect from fingerprinting? it does indicate that my browser has a "nearly unique fingerprint". yet i have diligently applied settings as suggested. Are there some other settings one can utilise without causing oneself more angst and limiting ones ability to traverse the internet
copied from result page: Test Result Is your browser blocking tracking ads? ✓ yes Is your browser blocking invisible trackers? ✓ yes Does your blocker stop trackers that are included in the so-called “acceptable ads” whitelist? ✓ yes Does your browser unblock 3rd parties that promise to honor Do Not Track? ✗ no Does your browser protect from fingerprinting? ✗ your browser has a nearly-unique fingerprint
Note: because tracking techniques are complex, subtle, and constantly evolving, Panopticlick does not measure all forms of tracking and protection.
Within our dataset of several million visitors, only one in 512368.0 browsers have the same fingerprint as yours.
Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys 18.97 bits of identifying information.
The measurements we used to obtain this result are listed below. You can read more about our methodology, statistical results, and some defenses against fingerprinting here. Browser Characteristic bits of identifying information one in x browsers have this value value Limited supercookie test 0.38
1.3 DOM localStorage: Yes, DOM sessionStorage: Yes, IE userData: No Hash of canvas fingerprint 6.78
110.1 7aed81c7001625c65a5e1e580c7826d4 Screen Size and Color Depth 3.24
9.43 1366x768x24 Browser Plugin Details 8.15
284.65 Plugin 0: Shockwave Flash; Shockwave Flash 28.0 r0; NPSWF64_28_0_0_126.dll; (Adobe Flash movie; application/x-shockwave-flash; swf) (FutureSplash movie; application/futuresplash; spl). Time Zone 6.4
84.47 -600 DNT Header Enabled? 0.8
1.75 True HTTP_ACCEPT Headers 2.12
4.34 text/html, */*; q=0.01 gzip, deflate, br en-US,en;q=0.5 Hash of WebGL fingerprint 5.97
62.51 f29d419e1e60bb7ebb57449a5f2206c4 Language 0.92
1.89 en-US System Fonts 13.7
13308.26 Arial, Arial Unicode MS, Book Antiqua, Bookman Old Style, Calibri, Cambria, Cambria Math, Century, Century Gothic, Comic Sans MS, Consolas, Courier, Courier New, Garamond, Georgia, Helvetica, Impact, Lucida Console, Lucida Handwriting, Lucida Sans Unicode, Microsoft Sans Serif, Monotype Corsiva, MS Gothic, MS Outlook, MS PGothic, MS Reference Sans Serif, MS Sans Serif, MS Serif, Palatino Linotype, Segoe Print, Segoe Script, Segoe UI, Segoe UI Light, Segoe UI Semibold, Segoe UI Symbol, Tahoma, Times, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Wingdings, Wingdings 2, Wingdings 3 (via javascript) Platform 3.43
10.8 Win64 User Agent 5.61
48.68 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0 Touch Support 0.58
1.49 Max touchpoints: 0; TouchEvent supported: false; onTouchStart supported: false Are Cookies Enabled? 0.19
1.14 Yes
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Do you mean this?
- https://blog.mozilla.org/internetcitizen/2017/11/08/data-detox/
- https://datadetox.myshadow.org/detox
Fingerprinting is an issue, but I am not aware that many sites use it. If you employ the tracking protection feature or tracking blockers such as Blur, Disconnect, Ghostery, or Privacy Badger, then the number of scripts computing and using a fingerprint likely is very small.
Some users have special needs to avoid identification at all costs, for example, political dissidents living under a repressive regime. A mainstream browser like Firefox probably is not private enough in that case.
Link regarding the Tracking Protection feature: What happened to Tracking Protection?
Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer