I am curious. I read about browsers tracking and sending personal data. so that's why I went with Tor. I have heard Edge, Opera etc. are all terrible for sharing your info with the world. Do you have a better suggestion than Tor?
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So, how do you accomplish this, exactly? If there's a standard browser size, I sure don't know what it is. Because there are a limited set number of screen sizes, wouldn't using full screen reduce your fingerprint size?
Exactly. Tweaking the size to just under full screen size would be a sure-fire way to identify someone.
You don't do anything. You leave it where it sat when you opened it, and you use it with that window size. Yes, it's not full screen, but it'll work. (It should be completely on the screen, and not off the edge of the screen when you open it.)
I mentioned above the more secure method of using Tor. You download the compressed file from their site and execute the setup. You then just use the provided shortcut to open Tor (with a hardened Firefox). This connects you immediately with their updates and runs properly, including being properly sized and positioned.
MzQ1NjExN2
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Well I learn something new every day or at least every week via forum posting/reading. So Mullvad browser comes with uBlock Origin installed by default but not all the "Filter lists" included are checked off by default. Anyone know if checking them all off affect the browser finger print in anyway? I would think not since that probably isn't something that anyone can keep track of but I could be wrong.
Also I don't mean to hijack OP's post but I think this would beneficial to OP as well since OP's posts included using TOR browser and therefore internet/browser security.
Also I don't mean to hijack OP's post but I think this would beneficial to OP as well since OP's posts included using TOR browser and therefore internet/browser security.
Security Browser...
hasn't anybody heard of add-ons ?
According to this site...https://www.whatismybrowser.com
I'm using Chrome on windoze 10...but am I ?
Not even close.
According to this site...https://www.whatismybrowser.com
I'm using Chrome on windoze 10...but am I ?
Not even close.
MzQ1NjExN2
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Which browser/add ons are you using? Also what results do you get from:
MzQ1NjExN2
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This is what I got with Mullvad browser:
Bob either your doing something right there or.............you really are a Windows user!!!
Bob either your doing something right there or.............you really are a Windows user!!!
MzQ1NjExN2
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Result with Brave browser:
Which browser/add ons are you using? Also what results do you get from:
At the moment I'm using Brave...
Apart from Firefox...I also use Librewolf...Google Chrome...Vivaldi and Brave.
I have a few add-ons and I'm not listing them all...but here's a few...User Agent Switcher...Adblock...DuckDuckGo Privacy...Auto Tab Discard...Ublock Origin...Disconnect...Trafficlight..No Miner...Privacy Badger and IDN Safe.
MzQ1NjExN2
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Aha sounds like that is the one that gave you the Windows 10 result. I will check it out sometime later this week when I get some time.
That's right...never used windoze 10 in my life.
I just did this using newly installed Mullvad and it reported I have a unique fingerprint!Which browser/add ons are you using? Also what results do you get from:
MzQ1NjExN2
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This should not be the case. Did you change any settings? As mentioned above all settings should be left at default as much as possible.I just did this using newly installed Mullvad and it reported I have a unique fingerprint!
MzQ1NjExN2
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I installed a user agent switcher on all my browsers except Mullvad. There were so many different ones to choose from but I went with recommended one for Firefox and a featured one for Chromium based browsers just to be safe.
Firefox:
Chromium:
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Yes, I did. Fixed it. Works now.
MzQ1NjExN2
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Cool. Best strategy, in my opinion, is to use a variety of browsers for different things or rotate them as this should reduce finger printing further.
Dang, even just showing the bookmark bar increases fingerprint uniqueness.
MzQ1NjExN2
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Good to know. I don't the small details of what does what so I just leave everything be as much as I can. I have another browser which I use for logins and things of that nature. I have another one for work. Mullvad I use for browsing/searches mostly.
Back in my early Windows days my favorite browser was K-Meleon. It had an inbuild user switcher and told all the world I was using the latest Firefox.
Quite nifty, as without the cloak most pages told me I had an outdated browser and would I please update.. Cheeky little bugger.
I used to have a ton of extensions, many which you list here, but wondered if they were redundant. I mean, Brave was blocking ads, as was Ublock Origin, Adblocker Ultimate, etc. I asked AI which ones I needed and reduced the number of extensions (from around 8 or 10 to 2.)
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