From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RqRqU-0002Pi-Bm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:06:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F33EE0933; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:06:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8F426E0956 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:04:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 26 Jan 2012 16:04:45 -0000 Received: from wl-l2-195.rz.tu-ilmenau.de (EHLO localhost) [141.24.13.195] by mail.gmx.net (mp068) with SMTP; 26 Jan 2012 17:04:45 +0100 X-Authenticated: #4040096 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+nZMwL4G+nEK/q6RvOWDjx45AzOkj/avSbM2qlW/ 7gYJHdoqBJF5y+ Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:04:45 +0100 From: Frank Steinmetzger To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes Message-ID: <20120126160444.GA826@eisen.lan> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <4F20FDB1.1030100@gmail.com> <201201261007.53041.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20120126113314.28857d24@digimed.co.uk> <201201261257.00153.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20120126135046.196f8c4b@digimed.co.uk> <4F215DA5.4010003@hadt.biz> <4F21604F.2080309@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="KsGdsel6WgEHnImy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt 1.5.21 (2010-09-15, Gentoo 1.5.21-r1) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: bc45aa36-9017-47df-a0ce-851fd6f5c869 X-Archives-Hash: 657657dbcdee6e6e7b50350c806a8dc1 --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 09:34:56AM -0500, Michael Mol wrote: > >>> I guess you mean https://panopticlick.eff.org/ > >> > >> My results from work: > >> > >> Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 1,939,102 test= ed so far. > >> > >> Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that > >> conveys at least 20.89 bits of identifying information. > >> > > > > > > Funny, I get exactly the same thing except add one to the large number. > > =A0I guess you tested before I did. =A0How does one avoid this but still > > have sites work? >=20 > Well, I just went to the same site using a Chrome 'incognito' browser, > and got this: >=20 > Within our dataset of several million visitors, only one in 969,560 > browsers have the same fingerprint as yours. >=20 > Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that > conveys 19.89 bits of identifying information. I get almost the same numbers with just using NoScript and Flashblock. (And the above result when I allow the Java applet and JavaScript). This backs me up in using noscript and flashblock. Sometimes I doubt myself when I get asked once more why I would use NoScript in times when most of t= he web relies on JS. I then say that privacy and comfort is more important to = me than having to allow JS on a site from time to time. (Even though some sites obviously don't work without it, such as video portals, most of them still = do, albeit some gt a borked layout from it). --=20 Gru=DF | Greetings | Qapla' I forbid any use of my email addresses with Facebook services. The power of water is so great, that even the strongest man cannot hold it. --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk8heZwACgkQGafpl66MV0xR6wCcCxqw9qOv8uM9pYHY1f+nURvi edMAmwU9PKJC2pwnSw90MBRWyK6z8exW =zWLQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy--