Post #2635272
2026-05-08 18:57 UTC
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@paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-08 19:31
On a bog standard phone with dns blocking and nothing more, it was able to identify a lot of information. Some pieces of information I didn't realize are sent to websites when I visit them. It's a good demonstration of fingerprinting.
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@spizzat2@lemmy.zip 2026-05-08 20:47
Similar results with NoScript. > This volume requires JavaScript. That is part of the point — your browser is what is being read. > With JavaScript off, the page cannot tell you what your browser disclosed. The data is still there. The disclosure still happened. Only the telling of it stops. The fact that they're stopped from "the telling" says a lot about their abilities, but not much about "the disclosure". I imagine it was just stuff collected in most server logs: IP Address, user agent string... I'm not too concerned, really.
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@boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2026-05-08 20:13
Even bog standard ios hides some stuff they claim to have. WHAT RENDERS YOUR WORLD Apple GPU Your graphics processor identified itself as Apple GPU. This tells us the manufacturer, the generation, and roughly the price of your machine. Combined with your screen size and font list, this string alone can distinguish your device from most others on the internet. The technique is called WebGL fingerprinting. No permission is required. Uh sure, that string tells you the generation and price.