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Amidst the glossy marketing for VPN services, it can be tempting to believe that the moment you flick on the VPN connection you can browse the internet with full privacy. Unfortunately this is quite far from the truth, as interacting with internet services like websites leaves a significant fingerprint. In a study by [RTINGS.com] this browser fingerprinting was investigated in detail, showing just how easy it is to uniquely identify a visitor across the 83 laptops used in the study.

As summarized in the related video (also embedded below), the start of the study involved the Am I Unique? website which provides you with an overview of your browser fingerprint. With over 4.5 million fingerprints in their database as of writing, even using Edge on Windows 10 marks you as unique, which is telling.

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[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If the NSA wants you, they will get you. But I can hide from most of you with just a little email relay and a VPN

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I can hide from everyone, I just walk into the woods.

[–] halfapage@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

introducing: infrared imaging

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago
[–] halfapage@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Remarkable! A new market nieche discovered!

Better spin up some start-ups fast! So much privacy just lies there in the forests, waiting to be sold!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Heeeeey. Former kid, current adult, and future crazy old man here. Quick question. Do they still have 1 box of communal porn in the woods? Every woods had one when I was a kid, but I haven't been in the woods ever since we had to kill that bear.

Just wondering if woods porn is still a thing.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 10 points 1 day ago

No, we're more into woods erotic geocaching these days.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Sadly, I've not come upon such a cache since the before times.

[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The woods are where i can find people though

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those aren't people anymore. They're taxidermied corpses. There's a difference.

Also, stop doing that.

[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

I can't stop myself