From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:17:06 +0200 Message-ID: <20200417081706.GA3844@tuxteam.de> References: <87lfmx8frv.fsf@ebih.ebihd> <873694mu9f.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <20200417025514.5gotmp6vlvg3v25x@E15-2016.optimum.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="76968"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 17 10:17:38 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jPMBt-000Jv4-Sx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:17:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43690 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jPMBs-0003rP-W7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:17:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44188) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jPMBY-0003pL-Qv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:17:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jPMBX-0004sy-LI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:17:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.tuxteam.de ([5.199.139.25]:50565) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jPMBX-0004lK-5V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:17:15 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuxteam.de; s=mail; h=From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:Date; bh=5xNU3R45t+IxQqRmTZWKvoOJ6YlLIILaYoGqml9o1XI=; b=MVkWAXE21jxVGoECDzjqE+8GcQ98u9y6P92iWclTH1wWw8TspztnsK0MCb85L6IGgy3gICTuzZqthEN6dt1hbnuHGWdEdrOID8xjY07HrYdJOWdWpHqioExhyWdwWMrHvKJ+sPoo4r+KGFffveiA6+0VLFJJjjg9YaHsurFpr6tVYath60gv+IGCYlQc2xa19lqyqXxCb8MG1gMvWqPbzsBatsqkMUmJpoXft4t+OSAIWlysxtwZi4RrEQ1SPWTzclHdAHPe2T2ShFAuvdt3b4TQG1qpLMGbMhaIGLjTetT4f/a31MtplmDKikWJgn9/OXDsMW72vPAFyciyWupr3w==; Original-Received: from tomas by mail.tuxteam.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1jPMBO-0001mX-AA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:17:06 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200417025514.5gotmp6vlvg3v25x@E15-2016.optimum.net> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 5.199.139.25 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:122858 Archived-At: --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 10:55:14PM -0400, Boruch Baum wrote: [...] > > Does your browser protect from fingerprinting? =E2=9C=97 no >=20 > This has me puzzled. How did the website reach this answer? My memory of > this subject is that fingerprinting can only happen when the client > either voluntarily puts fingerprinting data in HTTP GET/POST requests, "Browser fingerprinting" is just a catch-all term for trying to extract as many tidbits of characteristics to be able to identify that individual browser instance. This can range from "voluntarily" provided model/version up to some image rendering timings, etc. See [1] to get an idea. Cheers [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_fingerprinting#Browser_fingerprint -- t --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAl6ZZgIACgkQBcgs9XrR2kZSwQCdGjs9gVLvzs2ZGp81oJAeGq0z Uf8An3XCaRxFP9DvzWEB+Vjh/DJ/rH+w =eMJO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv--