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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 14 2018, @05:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the can-you-ID-me-now? dept.

Browser fingerprinting is where JavaScript or other means are used to scrape uniquely identifying information from the browser metadata and functions such as how it draws a canvas object. In it's latest release Apple will defeat browser fingerprinting by making all Mac users look alike to advertisers and websites that use fingerprinting to track users. Apple can afford to do this as it doesn't have skin in the online advertising game.

[This is likely only going to be for the Safari browser. - Ed]


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  • (Score: 2) by jasassin on Tuesday August 14 2018, @11:07PM (1 child)

    by jasassin (3566) <jasassin@gmail.com> on Tuesday August 14 2018, @11:07PM (#721591) Homepage Journal

    127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com
    127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com

    Even better, install uBlock Origin. I can't believe how many things it blocks! Some sites, over 100 blocks. Crazy.

    Not a single block on Soylent! Nice.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 15 2018, @01:50PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday August 15 2018, @01:50PM (#721770) Homepage Journal

    No longer being updated for Palemoon, unfortunately. Doesn't mean it won't work fine for a while but known bugs will absolutely pile up over time.

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