Quick check: how 'unique' or trackable is your browser?

RussJK

http://panopticlick.eff.org/#

Quite revealing.

Apparently my browser is quite unique, which means that theoretically tracking companies probably have a good idea of the kinds of things I look at on the net.

The two main areas that set me apart: user agent (web browser), and apparently I'm one of the few in the world whose only browser plugin is Adobe Flash (1 in 38000 browsers).

I blame Santer for getting me onto Palemoon

InsideInsurance

Even with 1 in 38000 then there are at least another 55,000 people online with the same.... not really that "unique"

RussJK

InsideInsurance wrote: »

Even with 1 in 38000 then there are at least another 55,000 people online with the same.... not really that "unique"

Yes, but those figures taken with all the others others mean that it's possible to make highly accurate guesses. It's just maths, and there are companies with financial incentives to develop algorithms that work.

Can read further about it here:
http://panopticlick.eff.org/browser-uniqueness.pdf

DWatts

My browser is completely unique. Good job I use Ghostery for Chrome to stop people tracking me in the first place!

(Including Google Analytics and ChartBeat that run on this forum/site)

boxst

"Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 1,722,323 tested so far."

chunkychocky

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 1,722,324 tested so far.

kwikbreaks

Mine too...

"Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 1,722,326 tested so far."

I think I'm more worried about getting caught in the rain than just how easy my browsing is to track though.

santer_2

RussJK wrote: »

I blame Santer for getting me onto Palemoon

In Palemoon, you can click tools, options, privacy then tick tell websites I do not want to be tracked, if you haven't already

Mine has better privacy and no script and is unique according to the test

GeoffX

DWatts wrote: »

My browser is completely unique. Good job I use Ghostery for Chrome to stop people tracking me in the first place!

(Including Google Analytics and ChartBeat that run on this forum/site)

Unique isn't a good thing...oh, and Chrome is spyware. As soon as it starts it creates an encrypted connection to Google's servers and sends back information about every page you visit.

giraffe69

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 1,722,728 tested so far

Mine also. There is a lot of uniqueness out there.

Scrilla

Isn't the point of this, that the more unique you are, the easier you are to track?

I get the impression people think unique is a good thing here. I'd worry about the rain more too, but I carry an umbrella :)