> [...]
JavaScript Errors: When any of the 24+ fingerprint collection methods throws an error
[...]
So when any of the browser APIs it exploits aren't available, it just fails instead of using that as a datapoint in itself. I'm unimpressed.
maelito · 46m ago
This is why privacy must be enforced by states, their laws and a powerful public enforcement agency.
You cannot expect people to technically protect themselves from tracking.
(you can invite them to not use abusing services though)
dylan604 · 19m ago
> (you can invite them to not use abusing services though)
First, you'd have to define how one can determine what an abusive service is. Is Facebook and abusive service? Is some random website that happens to used FB's SDK an abusive service? How does a normie internet user find out the site they are using has abusive code? Some plugin/extension that has a moderated list that prevents a page from loading and instead loads a page dedicated to explain how that specific site is abusive?
NoboruWataya · 44m ago
Perhaps I'm missing it but does it explain what aspects of your setup contribute the most to your score or suggest remedial actions? I wasn't that surprised to find that my standard setup is highly fingerprintable (for one, I use Firefox which alone is enough to single me out in a crowd) but I also tried using a vanilla Chromium install via a popular commercial VPN and still got a rating of 100%.
seanw444 · 57s ago
I'm curious as well. Ran a stock Vanadium config with Mullvad enabled, and got 100%. Maybe Vanadium isn't as focused on fingerprinting as I'd thought.
kitsun3 · 54m ago
Is there any library I could use for HW finger printing? I'd like to detect and ban evasions.
Why does this have a domain of .ai, what exactly it is doing AI related?
kergonath · 37m ago
.ai is a ccTLD. Being AI related is not a factor to get one.
latexr · 27m ago
But they are considerably more expensive than more common TLDs, so if you’re getting one you presumably want it specifically and understand the association users will make.
dylan604 · 18m ago
Or it could be that the .com domain was already registered and unavailable, so they started browsing the other TLDs to see where they could find something and felt like .ai is new/hip/trendy
kergonath · 17m ago
Maybe, but there are still many reasons to get one and it does not make anybody less legitimate than AI startups (which was the parent’s point).
> This can happen due to several reasons:
> [...] JavaScript Errors: When any of the 24+ fingerprint collection methods throws an error [...]
So when any of the browser APIs it exploits aren't available, it just fails instead of using that as a datapoint in itself. I'm unimpressed.
You cannot expect people to technically protect themselves from tracking.
(you can invite them to not use abusing services though)
First, you'd have to define how one can determine what an abusive service is. Is Facebook and abusive service? Is some random website that happens to used FB's SDK an abusive service? How does a normie internet user find out the site they are using has abusive code? Some plugin/extension that has a moderated list that prevents a page from loading and instead loads a page dedicated to explain how that specific site is abusive?
https://github.com/abrahamjuliot/creepjs
Besides, they do sell AI-related services.
Doesn't even detect common browser extensions.