[tor-talk] Browserprint fingerprinting website

[me at beroal.in.ua]

I am still unique. :-)

TBB version | 3 | 134.33 | 6.0.1

The TBB version was updated automatically.


On 09.06.16 19:08, cube at browserprint.info wrote:
> I have left the tests in, but excluded them from the fingerprint uniqueness calculation.
> I've also grayed them out and made it clear that the tests have problems.
>
>> I zoom and change window size often, and they are reset when the browser
>> starts. I think they rather prevent tracking me. But your site tells
>> that my fingerprint is unique because of them. Maybe, exclude those
>> parameters?
>>
>>
>> On 07.06.16 07:04, cube wrote:
>>> Yes, the TBB and IceCat handle screen size calculations in a way
>>> different to most browsers.
>>> This results in odd screen sizes and screen sizes that can be affected
>>> by zooming.
>>> I wasn't aware that the character sizes test was also affected by
>>> zooming (this seems to be the case on even regular browsers), thanks for
>>> pointing that out.
>>> I'm also concerned that you got "nullxnull" for your CSS screen size
>>> test, I guess that means the test is bugged.
>>>
>>> On 07/06/16 07:38, me at beroal.in.ua wrote:
>>>> Hi. I pushed the "fingerprint me" button.
>>>>
>>>> Browser Characteristic | Number of occurrences | one in x browsers
>>>> have this value | value
>>>> Screen Size and Colour Depth | 1 | 217 | 583x467x24
>>>>
>>>> It seems that this parameter depends on the zoom, as well as
>>>> "Character Sizes".
>>>>
>>>> On 06.06.16 14:47, cube at browserprint.info wrote:
>>>>> Hello, I'm the creator of a new fingerprinting website,
>>>>> https://browserprint.info
>>>>> Think Panopticlick but with a lot more tests.
>>>>> Many of the tests are even designed specifically to catch the Tor
>>>>> browser bundle out, for instance the Math/Tan function returns a
>>>>> different value based on what your underlying operating system is, so
>>>>> it's easy to detect when a browser is lying in their user-agent string.
>>>>> I would greatly appreciate if you visit the site and fingerprint
>>>>> yourselves since it will help me refine the techniques and improve
>>>>> the site.
>>>>> I'm adding more tests every week and if you have any ideas or
>>>>> suggestions I'd love to hear them.
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