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Cover Your Tracks: Test how well your browser protect you from tracking: (coveryourtracks.eff.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is an EFF project that allows you to understand how easy it is to identify and track your browser based on how it appears to websites. Anonymous data will be collected through this site.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~Using Firefox on iPhone~~

edit: Nvm previous result, I got the same result OP did with Firefox and Safari, I realized I was testing on my wifi with a pihole… switched to mobile network only and protection dropped to partial.

edit2: but Firefox Focus still has strong protection:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah I got the same result.

I wonder in the fingerprint is a spoof and the result is a false positive? Because Mozilla says there is fingerprint protection in Firefox.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~I seem to get that same result on iPhone for Firefox, Safari and Brave~~

edit: see original reply

Firefox Focus still has “strong” result.

I get “Partial Protection” on Chrome and two generic named browsers, and a flat-out “No” for Opera Mini

Before anyone asks “why” about anything listed here, I have to test webpages for compatibility across browsers. Having them installed is the only way to do that.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

My results were skewed because I was testing through a pihole, switched to mobile and got OP’s result.