EFF "cover your tracks" browser privacy test

https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ Wanted to share this awesome tool to test your browser, also please do share your results in the comments.

You should include a hyperlink to the actual site in your post.

I forgot sorry! here it is: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

In my experience, you have thee choices. You can use NoScript and avoid enabling domains required for fingerprinting, you can turn on privacy.resistFingerprinting in about:config, or instead of focusing on not being fingerprinted, focus on guaranteeing your fingerprint will keep changing.

I turned privacy.resistFingerprinting to true and now get an absolutely unique fingerprint on the tool

That might be because it’ll be new every time.

Edit: I haven’t done my homework about how good this post’s test is, but I use amiunique.org to compare browser settings.

Be aware that any sites using HTML5 Canvas will probably be broken now. It breaks some other niche things too that may not be obviously related, so just keep that in mind if any site starts acting up.

Funny thing is, I had to enable scripts on that website in order for the test to work lol

you can o all 3 too >:3

I use an addon called Chameleon that creates a random user agent that changes periodically.

similar, i used Random User Agent, it shows that i have a unique finger print… but the user agent of that fingerprint is not ‘my’ user agent, so in 30 mintutes i would appear as a different fingerprint

blocking javascript using noscript

very hard to circumvate fingerprinting, I use noscript for that

What are your settings for noscript? This test won’t complete after installing it.

You have to enable the scripts for the page and leave everything else blocked

Task failed successfully

I have only “no script” and “others” enabled by default

LOL

https://abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs/

you don’t even need javascript to fingerprint anymore. html and css works too

that needs javascript to work. I largely block javascript on my browser.

Just use brave

Our tests indicate that you have strong protection against Web tracking.

IS YOUR BROWSER:

Blocking tracking ads? Yes

Blocking invisible trackers? Yes

Protecting you from fingerprinting? ◕ your browser has a randomized fingerprint

I got almost the exact same result using DDG on a cheap android phone. Within .1 bits of identifying info.

I get 17.45 on an iPad Pro. This is with all extensions disabled and my adblocker off. They say I am unique in the past 45 days. Looking through the info I don’t see how this works. Could it be that no one else has tested with an iPad Pro? It’s not like the hardware in this model is different from a similar one. You really just cannot meddle with it. It’s a fairly locked down ecosystem.

If I took an iPad, reset it and ran the test. Then reset it and ran the test again, would both be unique?

I don’t know if you posted a link to the actual site (I’m not seeing one, just a screenshot), https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

ye that’s the one, I forgot to put the url in the post

Thanks for posting this! I installed privacy badger and modified my user agent as a result of the test. Very helpful insight that I didn’t have before.

privacy badger is outdated though, not needed anymore if you have ublock origin

I have ublock origin and failed the tracker checks without privacy badger.

hm, mine is on medium mode so it blocks 3rd party scripts, maybe it’s that? do whatever works for you

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