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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It really freaked me out how accurate it was. It detected me perfectly even with Firefox+uBlock

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, this is even creepier than coveryourtracks from EFF.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I never know what do to with these GitHub pages. Can anyone give me a step by step to try this?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Just open this link. It will show you a bunch of details about your device/browser.

The other GitHub link will show you the source code, which you could review yourself or maybe help contribute to the project.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

So what does all this data actually mean? I've looked at the GitHub page but it's more like a technical manual than an explanation of what I'm actually looking at!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

is there a browser that can get around this i wonder?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

IIRC, it stops working whenever you disable JavaScript.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Mullvad or tor browser maybe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's unable to indentify Brave every time with my personal setup...