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Re: browser footprint



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Karsten N. wrote:
> I have read a thread at the JonDos forum about browser footprints.
> 
> A browser is not only identified by the user-agent, it is possible to
> use the accepted language, the accepted content, accepted charsets...
> 
> To create a highly anonymous group, many user should use the same
> settings for HTTP header values.
(snip)

I generally like what Torbutton does, i.e. change the user-agent to
match a common, recent version of Firefox for Windows (a decent-sized
block of users), and change the accept-language to en-us (probably the
most common, even internationally).

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F. Fox
AAS, CompTIA A+/Network+/Security+
Owner of Tor node "kitsune"
http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com
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