EFF launches browser "fingerprinting" app: panopticlick
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From: za kAT on 29 Jan 2010 09:16 On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:48:09 +0000, za kAT wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:22:46 -0800, Craig wrote: > >> On 01/28/2010 04:58 PM, za kAT wrote: >> >>> I'm ordinary too. >> >> Soz, Kat but do you mean you got this message? >> >>> Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the <insert fabulous number here> >>> tested so far. > > Sorry, brain fart, yep says my browser unique. > > I use a standard install of IE8, and it says only 1 in 27000 odd use > > HTTP_ACCEPT Headers > > text/html, */* gzip, deflate en-GB > > OMG! > > Doesn't look right to me. I'm not sure I can be bothered to check, or how I > could have changed that. I bothered. Different new system. Unmodified IE8, not even run wizard. Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 195,420 tested so far. Bollocks. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat
From: Franklin on 29 Jan 2010 09:40 Bear Bottoms wrote: > Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in > news:hjtbbd$mld$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >> On 01/28/2010 04:38 PM, Bear Bottoms wrote: >>> Craig<netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in >>> news:hjt9sn$c5s$1(a)news.eternal- september.org: >>> >>>>> Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 160,945 >>>>> tested so far. >>>>> >>>>> Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that >>>>> conveys at least 17.3 bits of identifying information. >>>> >>> >>> I got the exact same thing. Go figure. >>> >> >> Hrmmm. >> >> Well, twice is coincidence. Thrice... If anyone else tries this, >> please post your results. <https://panopticlick.eff.org/> >> >> tia, > > I tried it again and got this...an additional .01 bits...wonder what > changed since I last tested it a few minutes ago.: You think your browser is indestructible? It wears out a little, every time you use it. :-) > Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 162,832 tested > so far. > > Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys > at least 17.31 bits of identifying information.
From: Wheel on 29 Jan 2010 09:56 KristleBawl wrote: > Wheel expressed an opinion: >> Firefox: unique - 191,279 > 17.55 >> Iron: unique - 191,755 > 17.55 >> IE: unique - 191,828 > 17.55 >> Avant: unique - 192,592 > 17.56 >> >> Opera: one in 207 > 7.69 > > Firefox: unique - 193,818 > 17.56 > > Second try (cookies blocked) > > Within our dataset of several hundred thousand visitors, only one in > 97,095 browsers have the same fingerprint as yours. > > Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys > 16.57 bits of identifying information. Looking at the numbers, and its increment rate, 2 x 97,095 = 194,190 This suggests your first was unique and your second is total tested divided by 2. Cookies are always turned off for me, hence, I don't think cookies have a significant effect on the numbers.
From: KristleBawl on 29 Jan 2010 10:26 Wheel expressed an opinion: > KristleBawl wrote: >> Wheel expressed an opinion: > >>> Firefox: unique - 191,279 > 17.55 >>> Iron: unique - 191,755 > 17.55 >>> IE: unique - 191,828 > 17.55 >>> Avant: unique - 192,592 > 17.56 >>> >>> Opera: one in 207 > 7.69 >> >> Firefox: unique - 193,818 > 17.56 >> >> Second try (cookies blocked) >> >> Within our dataset of several hundred thousand visitors, only one in >> 97,095 browsers have the same fingerprint as yours. >> >> Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that >> conveys 16.57 bits of identifying information. > > Looking at the numbers, and its increment rate, 2 x 97,095 = 194,190 > This suggests your first was unique and your second is total tested > divided by 2. > > Cookies are always turned off for me, hence, I don't think cookies > have a significant effect on the numbers. Right, I meant cookies were blocked both times, so the site couldn't know it was my second time through cookies. Interesting that I lost a bit, though. ;-) -- From hell's heart, I stab at thee! - Khan KristleBawl's Taglines by Tagzilla 0.066.2 http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla Instabird development http://www.instantbird.com/
From: Wheel on 29 Jan 2010 10:53
KristleBawl wrote: > Wheel expressed an opinion: >> KristleBawl wrote: >>> Wheel expressed an opinion: >> >>>> Firefox: unique - 191,279 > 17.55 >>>> Iron: unique - 191,755 > 17.55 >>>> IE: unique - 191,828 > 17.55 >>>> Avant: unique - 192,592 > 17.56 >>>> >>>> Opera: one in 207 > 7.69 >>> >>> Firefox: unique - 193,818 > 17.56 >>> >>> Second try (cookies blocked) >>> >>> Within our dataset of several hundred thousand visitors, only one in >>> 97,095 browsers have the same fingerprint as yours. >>> >>> Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that >>> conveys 16.57 bits of identifying information. >> >> Looking at the numbers, and its increment rate, 2 x 97,095 = 194,190 >> This suggests your first was unique and your second is total tested >> divided by 2. >> >> Cookies are always turned off for me, hence, I don't think cookies >> have a significant effect on the numbers. > > Right, I meant cookies were blocked both times, so the site couldn't > know it was my second time through cookies. > > Interesting that I lost a bit, though. ;-) I won't disclose my dodgy mathematical methods, but... I predict 15.72 at 200,000 on your third attempt, assuming your still unique. :) |