Re: browser fingerprinting - panopticlick

[Seth David Schoen <schoen@xxxxxxx>]

Mike Perry writes:

> Thus spake coderman (coderman@xxxxxxxxx):
> 
> > EFF has an interesting tool available:
> >   https://panopticlick.eff.org/
> > 
> > technical details at
> > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/primer-information-theory-and-privacy
> > 
> > an interesting look at exactly how distinguishable your default
> > browser configuration may be...
> 
> FYI, Torbutton has defended against many of these anonymity set
> reduction attacks for years, despite how EFFs site may make it appear
> otherwise.

Are you unhappy with the phrase "modern versions" in

http://panopticlick.eff.org/self-defense.php

or do you think that page as a whole isn't prominent enough?

-- 
Seth Schoen
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Electronic Frontier Foundation                    http://www.eff.org/
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