Comment by samtheprogram

Comment by samtheprogram 5 hours ago

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There's no point unless a critical mass of people use these tools. You will be the only one on your IP address using this configuration of masked fingerprinting, which is itself a fingerprint.

That's also why it's indeed useful when using Tor, because you're not identified by your base IP.

Unless we make this part of the culture, you have basically 0 recourse to browser fingerprinting except using Tor. Which can itself still be a useful fingerprint depending on the context.

EDIT: I'll add that using these tools outside of normal browsing use can be useful for obfuscating who's doing specific browsing, but it should be emphasized that using fingerprinting masking in isolation all the time is nearly as useful as not using them at all.

cortesoft 4 hours ago

Basically the XKCD license plate comic: https://xkcd.com/1105/

  • nativeit 2 hours ago

    Has anyone wrote software that automatically surfaces the relevant XKCD comic for every article this happens under?

    I’d like a feature in my HN reader that sticks a red button at the bottom anytime XKCD has already made the points I’m reading.