* Colin Davis <colin at sq7.org> [2008-03-06 20:52:34]: > If you want to avoid a distinct fingerprint, you could advocate > installing http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/ > Granted, it's not the kindest software on external servers, but it's in > common use, and would set the connections much higher. > >> >> As far as I remember we have always been asking users to change that >> setting... I don't think that you can reliably fingerprint freenet users >> with it. Many websites give it as a "tip" to improve browsing performances; >> there would be too many false positives for it to be a reliable metric. >> >> NextGen$ >>
Well, If the user is using the same browser to browse both freenet and the internet, game is already over. They are numerous techniques to find it out; using the number of simultaneous connections the browser allows is less reliable than using http://ha.ckers.org/weird/CSS-history-hack.html for instance. NextGen$ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080307/0d7b8c2e/attachment.pgp>
