On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 10:56 -0500, g wrote:> > See the EFF testing site for more details: > > > > <https://panopticlick.eff.org/>> aware of panopticlick.It states (calculator needed) 11.6% of browsers have time zone 0 (GMT) 10.0% of browsers have "Linux x86_64" (note this excludes Android) 4.0% of browsers have "en-GB"> if you have a file in profile directory, add this to it. if not, > create file and paste this in it. > > //set user agent to blank > user_pref("general.useragent.override", " ");This can also be set, in Firefox, using about:config Right-click new string, ........ etc.> what makes you get a unique rating is that you report no agent. only > info any site will know about you is your ip address.Not exactly correct. See his site's "Show full results for fingerprinting" -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. England's place is in the European Union.
On 03/24/16 12:58, Always Learning wrote:> On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 10:56 -0500, g wrote: > >>> See the EFF testing site for more details: >>> >>> <https://panopticlick.eff.org/> > >> aware of panopticlick. > > It states (calculator needed) > > 11.6% of browsers have time zone 0 (GMT) > 10.0% of browsers have "Linux x86_64" (note this excludes Android) > 4.0% of browsers have "en-GB" > >> if you have a file in profile directory, add this to it. if not, >> create file and paste this in it. >> >> //set user agent to blank >> user_pref("general.useragent.override", " "); > > This can also be set, in Firefox, using about:config > Right-click new string, ........ etc. > >> what makes you get a unique rating is that you report no agent. only >> info any site will know about you is your ip address. > > Not exactly correct. See his site's > "Show full results for fingerprinting" >-- such is not in about:config with 38.7.0. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.7 tc,hago. g .
On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 18:15 -0500, g wrote:> > On 03/24/16 12:58, Always Learning wrote:> >> //set user agent to blank > >> user_pref("general.useragent.override", " "); > > > > This can also be set, in Firefox, using about:config > > Right-click new string, ........ etc.> such is not in about:config with 38.7.0.You have to create the parameter in about:config 1. position over main panel full of different parameters. 2. right click 3. select 'new' and 'string' 4. enter 'general.useragent.override' then click 'ok' 5. enter your chosen arguments then click 'ok' 6. no browser restart is necessary. To delete it, right click on it, select 'reset', restart browser and its gone. -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. England's place is in the European Union.