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Privacy Mythbusting #4: I can’t be identified just by browsing a website. (If only!)
Just as each person has a unique fingerprint, so does every browser. Websites can use this "browser fingerprint" to track you. This article is written by the people behind the DuckDuckGo engine.
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The article clears up some common misconceptions
I thought that if I blocked 3rd party cookies and used "no tracking" mode or incognito mode, that websites couldn't track me. I was wrong! This article by the DuckDuckGo engine demonstrates how easy it is to be tracked using browser fingerprinting. In the article are a couple of links that let you test it out interactively, which is definitely worth a try if you want a demo.
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I hit the click,click,click thing...Oh so creepy!!!
You are braver than me!
Actually,it was amusing and actually had someone talking and achievements. It' did want to activate my web cam and i said "no."
Scary stuff to hear about the webcam - my machine has no webcam so I didn't get asked about that (that was interesting to hear, BTW!). But yes, it had the person talking about what I was doing. A little creepy!