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Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services?

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On 12/30/2015 10:53 AM, crankypuss wrote:
> J.O. Aho wrote:
> 
>> On 12/29/2015 11:18 PM, George Paul wrote:
>>> On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 03:02:26 -0700, crankypuss wrote:
>>>
>>>> Which browser do you use?  Why that one?
>>>
>>> I wouldn't worry so much about the browser but about the proxy.
>>> The proxy hides you so that your browser fingerprint won't matter.
>>
>> Browser fingerprint is a lot more accurate than an IP, as the majority
>> of online users are using a dynamic ip, which in some cases can change
>> a lot (specially laptop users), but the fingerprint is always the same
>> and can be used to track you quite well, see your habits, so QupZilla
>> could be a better option as a browser than a traditional one, but not
>> sure if it will protect you against canvas fingerprinting.
>>
>> There are some networks that say they can for 99% certainty tell if a
>> user is the same, even if they switch from chrome to firefox on the
>> same computer.
> 
> Do you know offhand what they're using to construct the fingerprint?

As far as I can remember, it's been installed plug-ins, fonts and
canvas, also some uses bugs in browsers which may allow them to access
either cookies or visited pages.


> So I'm just curious about what's being used this week.  I'm not sure if 
> the concept of fingerprinting is a good thing or a bad thing.  The whole 
> concept of individual identification is a can of spaghetti from a social 
> and economic point of view.  

Today's browser fingerprinting is much used to figure out a persons
interests and then server matching advertisements, as if you are
interested in cars it's more likely you would buy some car accessory
than lipstick.
The more they know about you, the better they can market products to
you. Google has the great advantage of reading your gmail and using
their super cookie to track you online too... of course google needs
money to stay in business, so not strange they try to be the best
advertisement provider.

-- 

 //Aho

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What do you recommend for free web proxy services? "D. Porco" <dporco@us.wash.edu> - 2015-12-27 22:35 +0000
  Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2015-12-28 10:24 +0100
    Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-28 03:02 -0700
      Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? George Paul <georgepaul@example.com> - 2015-12-29 22:18 +0000
        Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2015-12-30 10:10 +0100
          Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 02:53 -0700
            Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2015-12-30 13:19 +0100
              Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? Vincent Cheng Hoi Chuen <vchenghcv102@hotmail.com.hk> - 2015-12-30 18:44 +0000
          Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? Vlad Lescovitz <vlad@vladlescovitz.org> - 2015-12-30 18:39 +0000
            Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-30 12:46 -0600
              Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? Vlad Lescovitz <vlad@vladlescovitz.org> - 2015-12-30 19:00 +0000
                Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-30 14:27 -0600
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                Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-30 15:17 -0600
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