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Digital Fingerprinting: Google launched a new era of tracking worse than cookie banners | Tuta (tuta.com)
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[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why does it do this?

  • Math operations in JavaScript may report slightly different values than regular.

PS grateful for this option!

[–] grinde@programming.dev 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Some math functions have slightly different results depending on architecture and OS, so they fuzz the results a little. Here's a tor issue discussing the problem: https://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/issues/13018

[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

But one question I've been asking myself is : then, wouldn't I be fingerprinted as one of the few nerds who activated the resist fingerprinting option?

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes. But it's better than being identified as a unique user which is much more likely without it. You can test it yourself on https://amiunique.org/fingerprint

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago

Just use Tor browser if you want to blend in. Some sites will probably not work, and I don't suggest accessing banks with it, but it works well for regular browsing.