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Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting
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tomas |
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Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting |
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Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:35:38 +0200 |
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 04:57:16AM -0400, Boruch Baum wrote:
> On 2020-04-17 10:15, Tomas Nordin wrote:
> > The fields tested as browser characteristtics were
> > ...
>
> Thanks. Good to know.
>
> > The most identifying characteristics is User Agent followed by
> > HTTP_ACCEPT Headers.
>
> Of course emacs-w3m and w3m have no choice but to send them, but ...
>
>
> > Browsing the web with a text based browser is not a common thing to do,
> > so from a browser fingerprinting point of view I guess the uniqeness is
> > to be expected.
>
> Right. That's why I suggested in my original e-mail...
>
>
> "What might be more useful is to set variable w3m-add-user-agent to t,
> and then set w3m-user-agent to some generic and popular user-agent
> string."
What I'd do is randomly select from a choice of, say, 100
popular browser strings.
Bonus points if we manage to come up with a random schedule
which is "just right" -- too much random and "they" [1] notice,
too little random and they're not confused enough.
Cheers
[1] No, not some little grey men. Just the algorithms. Paid by
the ad industry, so working for them...
-- t
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- Browser Fingerprinting, Emanuel Berg, 2020/04/15
- Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Tomas Nordin, 2020/04/15
- Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Emanuel Berg, 2020/04/16
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Boruch Baum, 2020/04/17
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Tomas Nordin, 2020/04/17
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Boruch Baum, 2020/04/17
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting,
tomas <=
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Vladimir Sedach, 2020/04/17
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Vladimir Sedach, 2020/04/17
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Emanuel Berg, 2020/04/17
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Emanuel Berg, 2020/04/17
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, tomas, 2020/04/18
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Tomas Nordin, 2020/04/18
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Boruch Baum, 2020/04/18
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Emanuel Berg, 2020/04/18
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, tomas, 2020/04/17
- Re: [emacs-w3m:13607] Re: Browser Fingerprinting, Vladimir Sedach, 2020/04/17