thenextguy comments on A web page that shows you everything the browser told it

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

There’s nothing dangerous here. And why would you need an app? Your browser IS the app.

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[–] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 months ago

While yeah, most of the stuff is "just how the web works", it's still true that the collection of these values can be used (and is being used) as a reliable fingerprint for your exact browser.

This website does a much better job at informing the user of this situation: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

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[–] staircase@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

do you not consider surveillance capitalism dangerous?

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[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yes I do.

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