Oh for fucks sake! It is the University of Adelaide and it is in the fucking summery! And the EFF website for the same thing is on their page! And a tiny bit of effort would tell you that they have overcome the measures put in place to block a lot of the old tracking, like no script.
Did you have nothing to add other then FUD in your post?
But most of this fingerprinting is actually supported settings and are needed to display things correctly. Yes, you could set for least common denominator, but that means no video compression, and mp3 only audio.
I can be less unique if I need to be. More importantly, I can be a different unique person when I really need to be. The trick is remembering to never let unique person A access a forum used by unique person B.
Neither do we! And it will get worse when one of those two bozos running becomes president. (And keep in mind that a people and a government are different. Some times VERY different.)
Window Size: again, none of the server's business. If your website is so crappy that it must autosize in some stupid [yes, there are **few** caveats] way then this should be done using local JavaScript.
This is now used in html5 websites extensively to decide if you will have a menu bar or a hidden menu. It is the desktop vs mobile for websites thing that Google actually looks for and grades you on. The rest is also very common in the "rich web experience" that is common now and most browsers support this. Go to the panopticon page and see. It will show your screen resolution.
It is not just a refer. How about if it queries what fonts you support? Any of them not standard? How about media support? What java and flash are you on? What is your screen resolution? Browser window size if not full screen? There is a lot to catch...
So that is a very unique fingerprint.:) Truly secure behavior would be very unusual, and narrow it down to a very small group. For true anonymity you need something that is confusingly similar to a lot of others. Like the TAILS boot cd.
You can demand a refund or free upgrade to Enterprise that still has those features. Sony had to buy a lot of Playstations when they pulled "Other OS."
Considering how much code Microsoft contributes to Linux you are slapping yourself on the back with a hand wearing an invisible handcuff. If Linux ever starts to be a real threat on the Desktop they will pull their contributions and screw the entire desktop user base.
The can't. That is the beauty of the GPL. Once you release it with that license, there are no takebacks.
That said, MS is run by morons. By continuing to cripple one feature after another on the OS they just make the day Android on the desktop becomes preferable to Windows all the sooner. If I'm stuck choosing between two walled gardens why the hell would I ever pick Microsofts? My Chromebook has NEVER crashed.
I know a few people with Android on the desktop. Well, OK, Laptop, and not very new laptop. Actually laptops that would be too slow with anything else, even Xfe! And Android on the is FAST!
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Oh for fucks sake! It is the University of Adelaide and it is in the fucking summery! And the EFF website for the same thing is on their page! And a tiny bit of effort would tell you that they have overcome the measures put in place to block a lot of the old tracking, like no script.
Did you have nothing to add other then FUD in your post?
Technology always provides.
On both sides. Look at the old EFF one with no script, and it finds a LOT less. Look at the new one with no script and it still finds most things.
But most of this fingerprinting is actually supported settings and are needed to display things correctly. Yes, you could set for least common denominator, but that means no video compression, and mp3 only audio.
I can be less unique if I need to be. More importantly, I can be a different unique person when I really need to be. The trick is remembering to never let unique person A access a forum used by unique person B.
Neither do we! And it will get worse when one of those two bozos running becomes president. (And keep in mind that a people and a government are different. Some times VERY different.)
Oops. https://panopticlick.eff.org/
Window Size: again, none of the server's business. If your website is so crappy that it must autosize in some stupid [yes, there are **few** caveats] way then this should be done using local JavaScript.
This is now used in html5 websites extensively to decide if you will have a menu bar or a hidden menu. It is the desktop vs mobile for websites thing that Google actually looks for and grades you on. The rest is also very common in the "rich web experience" that is common now and most browsers support this. Go to the panopticon page and see. It will show your screen resolution.
That link is on the webpage of the test mentioned as well.
They added some new audio testing that may defeat things like TAILS for uniqueness.
It is a fork of https://panopticlick.eff.org/ and about the same thing with a few more tests. And I am unique on both.
It is not just a refer. How about if it queries what fonts you support? Any of them not standard? How about media support? What java and flash are you on? What is your screen resolution? Browser window size if not full screen? There is a lot to catch...
So that is a very unique fingerprint. :) Truly secure behavior would be very unusual, and narrow it down to a very small group. For true anonymity you need something that is confusingly similar to a lot of others. Like the TAILS boot cd.
It was $55 and $9, and 22 million for the lawyers...
Just because something is short and quotable, doesn't make it true.
Holy Crap, you are right! :)
Canonical and selling the Amazon Scope. Firefox and selling Google and moving on to someone else for the landing page. It happens there too...
As a multiple project contributor and project lead, it is not "free." :) It just has some free riders.
Actually, removing significant functionality from an already sold product is more then shitty. It is illegal.
You can demand a refund or free upgrade to Enterprise that still has those features. Sony had to buy a lot of Playstations when they pulled "Other OS."
Steam. I only use Windows when I am working for a client. And I do it via RDP on Linux. :)
Yes. Put it in your DNS and block port 53 outbound to other DNS servers.
Not sure I like this.
It amuses the hell out of me! :) But I run Linux, so for me it is just a sideshow.
Option #4 - OSX
Option #5 - Android
Option #6 - iOS
Option #7 - Linux, FreeBSD, Unix, ReactOS...
And based on the numbers, 5 and 6 are winning.
Microsoft BOB has a new name...
Cortana.
The 90's are back baby!
So Bob self identifies as female now?
If you don't pay, you are not the customer. You are the product.
Considering how much code Microsoft contributes to Linux you are slapping yourself on the back with a hand wearing an invisible handcuff. If Linux ever starts to be a real threat on the Desktop they will pull their contributions and screw the entire desktop user base.
The can't. That is the beauty of the GPL. Once you release it with that license, there are no takebacks.
That said, MS is run by morons. By continuing to cripple one feature after another on the OS they just make the day Android on the desktop becomes preferable to Windows all the sooner. If I'm stuck choosing between two walled gardens why the hell would I ever pick Microsofts? My Chromebook has NEVER crashed.
I know a few people with Android on the desktop. Well, OK, Laptop, and not very new laptop. Actually laptops that would be too slow with anything else, even Xfe! And Android on the is FAST!