Panopticlick & tracking by ebay/paypal

[fastway]

Here is what mine says about my comp.

"Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 3,624,101 tested so far."



Is your browser configuration rare or unique? If so, web sites may be able to track you, even if you limit or disable cookies.

Panopticlick tests your browser to see how unique it is based on the information it will share with sites it visits. Click below and you will be given a uniqueness score, letting you see how easily identifiable you might be as you surf the web.


https://panopticlick.eff.org/

[oompaloompa]

they would only look at your browser fingerprints if there was a reason, doubt it is routine.

anyway it is simple to vary your browser per user, there are add-ons or things you can do manually....

[arpichelago]

https://panopticlick.eff.org/

just thought this was interesting, i use chrome but it still says my config is unique among 3 million something tested (and therefore trackable)

[Mr2005]

but if you're doing stealth and logging in under different users in windows, you should be not trackable.

[arpichelago]

Originally Posted by Mr2005

but if you're doing stealth and logging in under different users in windows, you should be not trackable.

no, you would be trackable - this detects your configuration of browser plugins, installed fonts and idk what else. its more likely that it would be the same across user accounts.

but i'm not the paranoid type, i don't think this is a method they would use to track accounts.

[emings5]

Amazon does this. This is called browser fingerprints.

[idrapes]

This is why I like to use isolated installs of windows on VMware with custom VPN servers setup on each so there is virtually 0 chances of linking unless I make an error!

[Dmshark25]

So mine just came up as 1 in 39,995 . So this would mean that it is not unique and harder to track???

[MM78]

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 3,879,637 tested so far.

[GreenBean]

BTW, thie first post was in 2013..........................merged threads

Read the very succint response in Post 2.

Take a deep breath and calm down.

Methods exist to be stealth.

[oompaloompa]

if it is unique then that is ok as long as it does not match another one of your users, vary your add-ons and the browser, look at UA controls add-on for firefox and change your user string......