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05.08.2020 - 08:42 [ Browserleaks.com ]

HTML5 Canvas Fingerprinting

Canvas is an HTML5 API that is used to draw graphics and animations on a web page via scripting in JavaScript.

But apart from this, the canvas can be used as additional entropy in the web browser’s fingerprinting and used for online tracking purposes.

05.08.2020 - 07:57 [ Firefox Browser Addons ]

Anon browser

Randomize key browser attributes to avoid fingerprinting and user tracking.
The attributes such as user-agent are altered just enough to have different values at each request while minimizing the impact on the browsing experience.

05.08.2020 - 07:48 [ Browserleaks.com ]

WebRTC Leak Test

To disable RTCPeerConnection and protect IP addresses leakage, go to about:config and toggle media.peerconnection.enabled to false.

To disable Media Devices, toggle media.navigator.enabled as well as media.peerconnection.enabled both to false.

05.08.2020 - 07:41 [ SpyOff.com ]

Turn off WebRtc and surf anonymously

(20.12.2017)

This little practical test proves that a simple script on a web page is sufficient to find out the actual IP address of a user.

01.06.2019 - 14:26 [ reddit ]

Government officials admit they can’t enforce a planned ‚porn block law‘ in the UK because of DNS encryption

The UK wants everyone to hand over their personal details to get „age verified“ before looking at adult content… but an official has now admitted it could be almost unenforceable due to the rollout of DNS encryption on Firefox and maybe Chrome.