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<h1 id="fingerprint" class="anchor"><a href="#fingerprint"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Browser Fingerprint - Is your browser configuration unique?</h1>
<div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
<strong>Your Browser sends information that makes you unique amongst millions of users and therefore easy to identify.</strong>
</div>
<img src="assets/img/layout/browser-fingerprint.jpg" class="img-fluid float-right" alt="Fingerprint image" style="margin-left:20px;">
<p>When you visit a web page, your browser voluntarily sends information about its configuration, such as available fonts, browser type, and add-ons. If this combination of information is unique, it may be possible to identify and track you without using cookies. EFF created a Tool called <a href="https://panopticlick.eff.org/">Panopticlick</a> to test your browser to see how unique it is.</p>
<p>
<a class="btn btn-warning" href="https://panopticlick.eff.org/">
Test your Browser now
</a>
</p>
<p>You need to find what <strong>most browsers</strong> are reporting, and then use those variables to bring your browser in the same population. This means having the same fonts, plugins, and extensions installed as the large installed base. You should have a <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/">spoofed user agent string</a> to match what the large userbase has. You need to have the same settings enabled and disabled, such as DNT and WebGL. You need your browser to look as common as everyone else. Disabling JavaScript, using Linux, or even the TBB, will make your browser stick out from the masses.</p>
<p>Modern web browsers have not been architected to assure personal web privacy. Rather than worrying about being fingerprinted, it seems more practical to use <a href="#addons"><i class="fas fa-link"></i> free software plugins</a> like Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin and Disconnect. They not only respect your freedom, but your privacy also. You can get much further with these than trying to manipulate your browser's fingerprint.</p>
<h3>Related Information</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://panopticlick.eff.org/static/browser-uniqueness.pdf">How Unique Is Your Web Browser? Peter Eckersley, EFF.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/35pqyl/new_section_browser_fingerprint_is_your_browser/">Join our discussion on reddit.com about browser fingerprinting.</a></li>
<li><a href="#addons"><i class="fas fa-link"></i> Our Firefox privacy add-ons section.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.browserleaks.com/">BrowserLeaks.com</a> - Web browser security testing tools, that tell you what exactly personal identity data may be leaked without any permissions when you surf the Internet.</li>
</ul>

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{% include sections/browser-recommendation.html %}
<!-- Browser Fingerprint -->
<h1 id="fingerprint" class="anchor"><a href="#fingerprint"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Browser Fingerprint - Is your browser configuration unique?</h1>
<!-- yellow warning message about the browser sending unique information -->
<div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
<strong>Your Browser sends information that makes you unique amongst millions of users and therefore easy to identify.</strong>
</div>
<!-- fingerprint image to the right of the paragraphs -->
<img src="assets/img/layout/browser-fingerprint.jpg" class="img-fluid float-right" alt="Fingerprint image" style="margin-left:20px;">
<!-- first paragraph -->
<p>When you visit a web page, your browser voluntarily sends information about its configuration, such as available fonts, browser type, and add-ons. If this combination of information is unique, it may be possible to identify and track you without using
cookies. EFF created a Tool called <a href="https://panopticlick.eff.org/">Panopticlick</a> to test your browser to see how unique it is.</p>
<!-- First orange "test your browser now" button -->
<p>
<a class="btn btn-warning" href="https://panopticlick.eff.org/">
Test your Browser now
</a>
</p>
<!-- second paragraph -->
<p>You need to find what <strong>most browsers</strong> are reporting, and then use those variables to bring your browser in the same population. This means having the same fonts, plugins, and extensions installed as the large installed base. You should
have a <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/">spoofed user agent string</a> to match what the large userbase has. You need to have the same settings enabled and disabled, such as DNT and WebGL. You need your browser to
look as common as everyone else. Disabling JavaScript, using Linux, or even the TBB, will make your browser stick out from the masses.</p>
<!-- third paragraph -->
<p>Modern web browsers have not been architected to assure personal web privacy. Rather than worrying about being fingerprinted, it seems more practical to use <a href="#addons"><i class="fas fa-link"></i> free software plugins</a> like Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin and Disconnect.
They not only respect your freedom, but your privacy also. You can get much further with these than trying to manipulate your browser's fingerprint.</p>
<!-- related information links -->
<h3>Related Information</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://panopticlick.eff.org/static/browser-uniqueness.pdf">How Unique Is Your Web Browser? Peter Eckersley, EFF.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/35pqyl/new_section_browser_fingerprint_is_your_browser/">Join our discussion on reddit.com about browser fingerprinting.</a></li>
<li><a href="#addons"><i class="fas fa-link"></i> Our Firefox privacy add-ons section.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.browserleaks.com/">BrowserLeaks.com</a> - Web browser security testing tools, that tell you what exactly personal identity data may be leaked without any permissions when you surf the Internet.</li>
</ul>
{% include sections/browser-fingerprint.html %}
<!-- WebRTC IP Leak Test -->
<h1 id="webrtc" class="anchor"><a href="#webrtc"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> WebRTC IP Leak Test - Is your IP address leaking?</h1>