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A web page that shows you everything the browser told it (sinceyouarrived.world)
submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/privacy@programming.dev
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[–] SHBI7368@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

anyway to hide this or app that does this on ios?

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There’s nothing dangerous here. And why would you need an app? Your browser IS the app.

[–] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago

While yeah, most of the stuff is "just how the web works", it's still true that the collection of these values can be used (and is being used) as a reliable fingerprint for your exact browser.

This website does a much better job at informing the user of this situation: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

[–] staircase@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

do you not consider surveillance capitalism dangerous?

[–] staircase@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

mullvad and librewolf browsers are designed to prevent fingerprinting. I'm unclear how effective they are