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| From | crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? |
| Date | 2015-12-30 02:53 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n609em$n70$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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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? Back in the early '90s I was selling some software that I encrypted based on the purchaser's fingerprint, such that it took that fingerprint to decrypt the product. At the time I was using Windows and things like drive-size, monitor-size, various physical characteristics were what I could find as the basis for a fingerprint. 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. -- http://totally-portable-software.blogspot.com [Sun Nov 22: "Total Portability is not binary"]
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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
Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? Vlad Lescovitz <vlad@vladlescovitz.org> - 2015-12-30 20:51 +0000
Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-30 15:17 -0600
Re: What do you recommend for free web proxy services? Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-12-30 16:32 -0500
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