Should I be worried about other trackers?

[walkingupwards]

I have set up a new virtual machine, new OS, and a new user account with new cookies and new flash objects. The Static IP address is also ready to be used (I got a brand new IP that is, supposedly, never used before).

I am still worried about other tracking possibilities. What about the following:

1. User-agent tracking.

2. Font based browser fingerprinting.



Have you been able to operate stealth accounts without changing your font fingerprint or your user-agent?

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

Have you been able to operate stealth accounts without changing your font fingerprint or your user-agent?

Yes, absolutely. You're overthinking this. These precautions might be necessary on an Amazon account but not on eBay. eBay doesn't make nearly as much of an effort to link and shut down accounts as Amazon does.

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

Yes, absolutely. You're overthinking this. These precautions might be necessary on an Amazon account but not on eBay. eBay doesn't make nearly as much of an effort to link and shut down accounts as Amazon does.

If yes, then how does this setup look:

1. New user account (i.e: new cookies and new flash objects).

2. New Static IP address (No DNS leakage).


Is that enough to fool Ebay into thinking that a new device is connecting to their servers?

I mean spotting the same user-agent, screen resolution and fingerprinting a device through unique system's fonts is not that hard for a big company like Ebay. How do we know they are not doing that?

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

I mean spotting the same user-agent, screen resolution and fingerprinting a device through unique system's fonts is not that hard for a big company like Ebay. How do we know they are not doing that?

They have access to the technology just like anyone else, but eBay isn't in the position to be as strict as Amazon is. eBay is losing more and more of the market share to Amazon every day. If eBay is tracking those metrics they don't appear to be using them to link accounts. Otherwise I would have lost all of my accounts by now.

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

They have access to the technology just like anyone else, but eBay isn't in the position to be as strict as Amazon is. eBay is losing more and more of the market share to Amazon every day. If eBay is tracking those metrics they don't appear to be using them to link accounts. Otherwise I would have lost all of my accounts by now.

Do you think Ebay will be out of business in a few years from now?


Hell I can't imagine having only one major e-commerce platform - that's Amazon