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On Librewolf i got 16.48 bits of information, on TOR browser 10.32 bits, but on Tails I managed to get only 9.3 bits.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

its ok if your fingerprint changes on every browser startup

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

...as long as you are blocking tracking cookies, and aren't on a session with a website that's tracking you.

Otherwise, you just have a nice unique hash in your cookies. A password manager could help here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A password manager? Could you explain why?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Cookies and other ways of keeping a session upright are kept by the browser. So unless you're mad enough to copy cookies between devices, they prove you're on the same device.

Using a password every time you log in, and letting your browser wipe everything on shutdown does not show websites wether you're on yhe same or another device.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@Boomkop3 @broken_chatbot Do you mean not keeping browser history actually makes big difference? I do that for few years but wasn't sure how much it really helped.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That does not matter, cookies and other local web storage can though

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@Boomkop3 I mean full erase on shutdown, like in private window.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

That includes that stuff, yep.