From: "Philip McGrath" <philip@philipmcgrath.com>
To: "Felix Lechner via" <help-guix@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Icecat and ungoogled chromium in a container
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:52:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d88b3efb-7b24-466f-933a-c160ecbc1616@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4153f91f-a6f6-8e69-0a87-57227e2312b9@posteo.de>
Hi,
On Wed, Mar 1, 2023, at 11:30 AM, Gottfried wrote:
> (I am using Icecat with the Tor browser)
I’m not sure I understand your configuration, and I rarely use Tor myself, but I wanted to make sure you’re aware that changing even innocuous-seeming settings can expose you to fingerprinting risks:
https://blog.torproject.org/browser-fingerprinting-introduction-and-challenges-ahead/
There’s an especially concise summary at
<https://support.torproject.org/tbb/tbb-14/>:
> If your copy of Tor Browser has a unique fingerprint, your browsing activities can be deanonymized and tracked even though you are using Tor Browser.
>
> Basically, each browser's settings and features create what is called a "browser fingerprint". Most browsers inadvertently create a unique fingerprint for each user which can be tracked across the internet. Tor Browser is specifically engineered to have a nearly identical (we're not perfect!) fingerprint across its users. This means each Tor Browser user looks like every other Tor Browser user, making it difficult to track any individual user.
-Philip
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-03 14:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-01 16:30 Icecat and ungoogled chromium in a container Gottfried
2023-03-01 17:04 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-03-02 14:27 ` Gottfried
2023-03-02 19:43 ` Wojtek Kosior via
2023-03-27 13:00 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-03-03 14:52 ` Philip McGrath [this message]
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