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From: Craig on 28 Jan 2010 19:49
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,
--
-Craig
From: za kAT on 28 Jan 2010 19:58
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:49:50 -0800, Craig wrote:

> 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/>

I'm ordinary too. :(

--
zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat
From: Craig on 28 Jan 2010 20:22
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.

tia,
--
-Craig
From: »Q« on 28 Jan 2010 21:03
In <news:hjt9sn$c5s$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:

> I tried out panopticlick <https://panopticlick.eff.org/> and was
> presented with:
>
> > Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 160,945
> > tested so far.

I don't trust the numbers. It says my fingerprint matches 1 in
82,517. (Yesterday it said 1 in 59 K or so.) But my fingerprint is
much more likely unique. My U-A string alone has "Gecko/20100108" (coz
that's the day I last compiled it) and a vendor string I made up to
replace "Gentoo".

From: iNcReDuLoUs on 28 Jan 2010 21:40
�Q� <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote:

> In <news:hjt9sn$c5s$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I tried out panopticlick <https://panopticlick.eff.org/> and was
>> presented with:
>>
>> > Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 160,945
>> > tested so far.
>
> I don't trust the numbers. It says my fingerprint matches 1 in
> 82,517. (Yesterday it said 1 in 59 K or so.) But my fingerprint is
> much more likely unique. My U-A string alone has "Gecko/20100108" (coz
> that's the day I last compiled it) and a vendor string I made up to
> replace "Gentoo".

If you've tested your browser multiple times you've skewed the stats.

The first time, mine was unique among the 160k or so tested. The fifth
time, one in 33k browsers had the same fingerprint as mine, and the
identifying information dropped from 17.33 to 15.03 bits.

Maybe EFF should have asked people to help increase their sample size only
once.
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