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Cover Your Tracks: Test how well your browser protect you from tracking: (coveryourtracks.eff.org)

submitted 1 year ago by auf@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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This is an EFF project that allows you to understand how easy it is to identify and track your browser based on how it appears to websites. Anonymous data will be collected through this site.

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[–] auf@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here's my result (Tested on Safari on iPad)

[–] deranger@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You should post the # of bits of identifying info it was able to derive. Best I’m able to do is 15 bits or so. Never seen it below 14, meaning you’re able to be nearly uniquely fingerprinted everywhere.

[–] e-ratic@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Tor browser gives 6.8 bits, with javascript disabled https://files.catbox.moe/d74wf1.png

[–] auf@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Your Results Within our dataset of several hundred thousand visitors tested in the past 45 days, only one in 94902.5 browsers have the same fingerprint as yours. Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys 16.53 bits of identifying information.

It seems that my Safari does not have very strong tracking protection.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com -2 points 1 year ago

Nvm, I got the same result you did with Firefox and Safari, I realized I was testing on my wifi with a pihole… switched to mobile network only and protection dropped to partial.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~Do you need to turn an option on or off in Safari? I got a strong protection result, same as for Firefox.~~

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

While everyone’s at it, you may want to check for leaks with Mullvad VPN’s service, it picked up a DNS leak for me that got past a few other sites:

edit: also ipleak.net, which tests a few other things, like torrent ips

[–] LostXOR@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Huh, it says I'm leaking DNS servers and WebRTC IPs, but I don't have secure DNS enabled, and I'm not really sure why WebRTC leaking my IP is a problem considering I'm already "leaking" my IP just by visiting a website.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In my case I had reset a device and didn’t disable IPv6. Once I fixed that the bottom two tests still say I’m “leaking”, but all three show only one IP each, for my VPN’s servers (maybe different IPs, but one for each.)

If I were actually leaking, IPs shown would be for a local DNS, or my residence, etc.