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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Browser Fingerprinting And Why VPNs Won’t Make You Anonymous (hackaday.com)

submitted 4 days ago by BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Damn... I guess the next idea is going offline for good

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[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Here are some extra tips for increased privacy:

Don´t use your browser in fullscreen
Download Chameleon for Firefox, it periodically changes the browser and OS it pretends to be

OR: Use Chameleon and set yourself to the most common combo. Get lost in the noise.

[–] AsoFiafia@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why no full screen? The second point makes sense and I might go back to using FF, but I can fathom what not going full screen accomplishes.

[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

look at my reply on the other comment :)

[–] AsoFiafia@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Thanks! I had no idea. I figured the resolution came from system specs. This is good to know. Although, I’m super close to just banishing the internet entirely. Tracking is getting out of hand…

Edit: corrected “vanishing” to “banishing.” Autocorrect. 🙄

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What's the issue with full screen?

[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

randomlzing your window size shows trackers different resolutions.

depending on which OS you use it won't show 1920x1080, as taskbars and other extras take off a few pixels.

example: if your browser is fullscreen and only shows a resolution of 1920x1075 it could most likely mean you use macos (randomly chosen)

[–] Xylight@feddit.online 2 points 1 day ago

Librewolf has letterboxing which locks your website's intrinsic size to specific resolutions (like 1600x1000) to combat this

[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Oh shit