Post #599390
2026-03-09 13:12 UTC
Heh, I wish it was +5:30
It’s UTC +5:45, and my country’s the only one using it. That’s ~30 million people. My main fear is not being pinpointed as my personal identity, but the fact that that serves as a perfect fingerprint metric, rare enough to stick out.
(felt safe enough to reveal, as i do not expect this account to be tied back to me personally)
Replies (1)
-
@voxel@feddit.uk 2026-03-09 17:40
Fingerprinting is a very difficult topic. A lot on how their algorithms and tech actually works is obfuscated and hidden from the people’s eye. I will be totally honest with you, I don’t think changing ur timezone will gian you much benefit, it might even make you stick out more since it doesn’t correlate with other information like your IP address, preferred language, etc. There has been a browser extension that set ur browser values to match the IP address region, but it’s now history sadly. Overall, I think if cchanging your timezone will benefit or harm you, comes down to very specific adversaries.