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I have been testing Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser using fingerprint.com. I get unique persistent identifiers that are unique per machine and persist over rebooting sessions. Javascript was on during this test.

This could be very dangerous to people using Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser.

For example, if someone visits Rainbow Railroad, an organization for leaving repressive countries with hostile LGBT policies, and then watches a video about the organization on YouTube, and then also does something, like create a Discord Server, and use Tor Browser to get around geoblocking but link it to their personal phone number, then a hostile regime buying data from data brokers could possible determine that user is considering using rainbow railroad. Even if this exact example isn't realistic or plausible (although governments do buy form data brokers), users should be aware that persistent identifiers in Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser allow for continuous tracking of a user using the same machine.

I posted this information on privacyguides forum and they deleted my account after, leading me to wonder if the forum is a giant honeypot that curates acceptable privacy discussions and unacceptable private discussions. I honestly wonder if they are infiltrated by the government. They repeatedly delete the posts of other people as well and the whole thing is starting to not sit well with me.

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[โ€“] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

may i ask which os you're in? linux?

i hate windows, but it seemed like tor's fingerprint randomization works best on commonly used oses. never worked properly on my freebsd or slackware... i use a win10 vm for tor because of this. (only allow tor to communicate, via proxy and block windows from talking to microsoft)

[โ€“] UnimportantHuman@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago

This has been my concern switching over to other OS'. I'm hoping as these alternative choices become more popular this won't be the case as much but I do still have a Windows laptop I rarely use. Only use it for special use cases.