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cory777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:27 AM Original message |
Race Is On to 'Fingerprint' Phones, PCs |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Even if people modify their machines—adding or deleting fonts" |
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cory777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I enjoyed that too, Genius! |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. lolz nt |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Fuck! You mean that I just wasted my time deleting a font??? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Pro-Tip: Use someone else's MAC address. |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. AIUI, this is real, particularly for web browsers. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Anyone savvy enough to know that |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. User-Agent, Accept, Accept-Encoding, Accept-Charset, Accept-Language, (etc.) |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well sure, if you're using google in industrial quantities I guess you'd have to cover every base |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I just changed my browser from IE to Mozilla |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Ah. You don't know about that, then. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. derp derp noscript |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Ah, the person outside the herd. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. eh, my browser got a 1 in 3000 on the panopticlick test. |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. That's an amazing site |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Noscript and Ghostery (and Firefox) can help. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. I use random per-request user-agent strings to screw with web programmers' heads |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. you need root for that |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. sudo make me a sandwich (nt) |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'll sell access to the fingerprint of my computer |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Welcome To Slavery. |
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sat110 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. Always try and research before purchase |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. The devil inside |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. Damn it I just figure out how managing my cookies and block scripts ;_; K&R N/T |
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IScreamSundays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
20. Really let's face it: The internet was designed for the Police State. |
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FinGovi (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Plenty of privacy |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. No, it was designed to sell you stuff. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Well, no, it was *designed* for military communications after a nuclear strike |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Police state? How about the Corporate State? |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. OH MY GOD!! THEY MIGHT DIRECT MARKET ME!?!!? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. Good luck with THAT shit... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. Flash is a big culprit here |
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Countdown_3_2_1 (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
29. Hmmmm. OK. How about an encryption device between your computer and the net.? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
30. This is why we need legislation that protects our online and telephone privacy |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Anyone who moved DIMMs in a Microsoft box knows that's a bunch of crap. |
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