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posted by chromas on Thursday January 10 2019, @04:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the time-to-switch-to-dodododogo dept.

Submitted via IRC for Bytram

Is this for real? DuckDuckGo has grown in popularity primarily on its claim: We don't track you. Is this no longer true?

DuckDuckGo now fingerprinting visitors

DuckDuckGo is using the Canvas DOMRect API on their search engine. Canvas is used to make unique geometry measurements on target browsers, and DOMRect API uses rectangles. This can be verified with the CanvasBlocker Firefox add-on by Korbinian Kapsner. DDG has recently been redirecting some website navigations to cute pictures with remarks about their privacy promises. The organization is now seeking to expand their Internet presence. DDG are without question data brokers, and commercial websites that make promises like DDG does will not survive for long if they actually keep them.


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  • (Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Thursday January 10 2019, @08:00PM (1 child)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Thursday January 10 2019, @08:00PM (#784641) Journal

    > In reality, a lot of that I don't care about either

    Okay, I'll try for the "most creepy" post award for today.

    Who could you be? You might be Freeman Dyson! Nah, you probably just admire him. Or maybe you admire Morgan Freeman?

    Maybe you're KFreeman732, a sports writer on Twitter? Nah, doesn't fit.

    Maybe you have an account or two on the green site? Mr. Freeman (933986)? r.freeman (2944629)? Freeman-Jo (580965)? josh_freeman (114671)? Need a little language use analysis to check your use against those users to see if you might be any of them.

    Well, my search-fu, energy, and nosiness isn't up to any more poking around at the moment. Now if someone were to give me a little cash incentive... but why would anyone bother? As for me, my main defense is much the same, no one cares who I might be, and running down my real name, which I think should be fairly easy, isn't going to be terribly illuminating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AERwgNvgMmc [youtube.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday January 10 2019, @11:08PM

    by Freeman (732) on Thursday January 10 2019, @11:08PM (#784713) Journal

    This user is based on a popular video game character that hasn't spoken a word. At least as far as I know. I never got to Half-life 2 Episode 2.

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    Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"