Why is this getting posted 3+ times today? This site is garbage and fear mongering. Most of what is listed is just “how the internet works” stuff. Downvote and move on.
While yeah, most of the stuff is "just how the web works", it's still true that the collection of these values can be used (and is being used) as a reliable fingerprint for your exact browser.
Firefox really has been bought and paid for by Goofle to send that much data for no reason. What do you need the city for my time zone for? Why my gyroscope? Why the languages of my phone? Just stick to the damn language I tell the damn browser to request and nothing else.
Are there any extensions that clean up request data and no-op JavaScript APIs?
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thenextguy@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 124d
Why is this getting posted 3+ times today? This site is garbage and fear mongering. Most of what is listed is just “how the internet works” stuff. Downvote and move on.
staircase@programming.dev · 10 pts · 124d
I don't think "how the internet works" qualifies something as fine. There's a lot about the internet that's very much not fine.
SHBI7368@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 124d
anyway to hide this or app that does this on ios?
thenextguy@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 124d
There’s nothing dangerous here. And why would you need an app? Your browser IS the app.
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 124d
While yeah, most of the stuff is "just how the web works", it's still true that the collection of these values can be used (and is being used) as a reliable fingerprint for your exact browser.
This website does a much better job at informing the user of this situation: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
staircase@programming.dev · 3 pts · 124d
do you not consider surveillance capitalism dangerous?
thenextguy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
Yes I do.
staircase@programming.dev · 2 pts · 124d
mullvad and librewolf browsers are designed to prevent fingerprinting. I'm unclear how effective they are
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 1 pts · 124d
Firefox really has been bought and paid for by Goofle to send that much data for no reason. What do you need the city for my time zone for? Why my gyroscope? Why the languages of my phone? Just stick to the damn language I tell the damn browser to request and nothing else.
Are there any extensions that clean up request data and no-op JavaScript APIs?