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>Many people assume that using a VPN is enough to keep their browsing private. It's true that VPNs hide your IP address and shield your traffic from your ISP (which is why they're often recommended for activities like torrenting). But there's another powerful tracking technique that a VPN cannot stop: browser fingerprinting. When you visit a website, your browser reveals a staggering amount of information about your device. Details like your browser version, language settings, screen resolution, installed fonts, and even available memory are all exposed, regardless of VPN use. On their own, each piece of data seems harmless. But taken together, they form a unique "fingerprint" of your device that allows websites to identify you.

Archive: https://archive.today/KET0W From the post: >>Many people assume that using a VPN is enough to keep their browsing private. It's true that VPNs hide your IP address and shield your traffic from your ISP (which is why they're often recommended for activities like torrenting). But there's another powerful tracking technique that a VPN cannot stop: browser fingerprinting. When you visit a website, your browser reveals a staggering amount of information about your device. Details like your browser version, language settings, screen resolution, installed fonts, and even available memory are all exposed, regardless of VPN use. On their own, each piece of data seems harmless. But taken together, they form a unique "fingerprint" of your device that allows websites to identify you.

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I'll bet someone has made a plug-in where it randomizes all of that and reports bullshit to websites.

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In the article it says that the brave browser does that by default.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Correct. Many privacy centered browsers are designed to resist fingerprinting, though in some cases you have to enable the feature.

Browser spoofing is also doable via plugins.

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A website can use x-headers such as x-forwarded-for and access your home originating IP address. Vpns don't block or obfuscate these so, never ever think you are anon.

As far as i know, the only way the Tor browser gets by this is through relays and bridges or proxys.

Fingerprinting also can ID through audio fingerprint through canvas and all sorts of other stuff.

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Yep, Also, if you don't run your own VPN.. Well.. That's on you but you are not as "invisible" as you think you are.

VPN's, Pivots, jump boxes. Etc. I am guessing few have any idea what anything like this is.

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There is a that can tell you how unique your browser is based on all of the things a site can learn about it.

It’s a humbling experience. Librewolf with default settings was narrowed down to one in 330,000 browsers. TOR browser was much better at one in 222.