Digital Fingerprinting: Google launched a new era of tracking, but you can fight for your privacy! | Tuta
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As Google gives you the choice to opt out of cookie tracking, it silently erodes your privacy by tracking you with fingerprinting.
  • Waldschrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    But why would any browser accept access to those metadata so freely? I get that programming languages can find out about the environment they are operating in, but why would a browser agree to something like reading installed fonts or extensions without asking the user first? I understand why Chrome does this, but all of the mayor ones and even Firefox?

    • pound_heap@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Because the data used in browser fingerprinting is also used to render pages. Example: a site needs to know the size of browser window to properly fit all design elements.