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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 97327" data-source="post: 1042203"><p>Just a quick note, my WARN with low CPU impact settings still warn you when you visit: <a href="https://fingerprint.com/" target="_blank">Fingerprint Pro - Formerly FingerprintJS - Device fingerprinting API</a></p><p>When revisiting Fingerprint Pro in the same session (meaning you did not close your browser. The good news is that JShelter still warns</p><p>[SPOILER="good news: JShelter warns when visiting Fingerprint PRO in a single browsing session"]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]275746[/ATTACH]"</p><p>[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>When you close the browser and re-visit Fingerprint PRO website, the great news is that JShelter still protects your privacy.</p><p>I was surprised that the lower CPU impact WARN settings still protect <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p>[SPOILER="Great news: JShelter still protects across different browsing sessions"]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]275750[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p><strong>Explanation on why "warn with low impact settings (and reduced protection)" still protects on this latest (</strong><a href="https://www.ghacks.net/2023/03/21/web-fingerprinting-gets-frighteningly-good-sees-through-vpns-and-incognito-mode/" target="_blank"><strong>99,5% succes rate</strong></a><strong>) fingerprintig demo.</strong></p><p>I have lowered the protection settings of JShelter which cost relatively more CPU time to protect you. Because privacy is a lost case ("We are the borg resistance is futile you will be assimilated by fingerprinting" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ) JShelter (even with the most strict settings) won't protect you against the 'BOOH I am tracking you" proof of concept FUD websites .</p><p></p><p>But there is a downside on using all possible fingerprinting techniques available. Your website will become less responsive which will cost your Google page relevance rating (heavy websites will be placed lower in search results). A fingerprinting feature which lowers your Google rating is simply commercially not viable. This is why only 0.2 percent of the websites use these fingerprinting techniques (according to "<a href="https://whotracks.me/trackers.html" target="_blank">who tracks me</a>" ). Still some commercial websites use fingerprint tracking (like ikea.com uses and a Dutch news website RTL nieuws).</p><p></p><p>The cost of fingerprinting is probably the reason why my lowered JShelter protection settings protect against Fingerprint PRO across browser sessions (with a claimed 99,5% successrate). This new services probably is so efficient, it won't lower your page ranking. Fingerprint PRO is efficient because it does recognise returning visits during the same browsing session even with JShelter installed (with my settings). On the other hand this "warn, but don't protect" during same browsing session, actually is a compatibility advantage, because it won't break websites using this fingerprinting feature when you have JShelter installed. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite114" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>[SPOILER='My "warn with low CPU impact" JShelter settings']</p><p>[ATTACH=full]275762[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>Thanks [USER=80838]@Jan Willy[/USER] for pointing me to FingerPrint Pro website and [USER=71262]@oldschool[/USER] for attending me on JShelter: I am going to add it to my protection. I had played with JShelter, but had de-installed JShelter, because (as Jan Willy posted) not many websites used it. This new service with its high accuracy rate and <a href="https://malwaretips.com/threads/googles-next-step-toward-a-cookie-free-world.123466/" target="_blank">Google pushing towards a cookie free world </a> will probably increase the prevalence of these type of new and advanced fingerprinting services (credits [USER=74969]@plat[/USER] posting this).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 97327, post: 1042203"] Just a quick note, my WARN with low CPU impact settings still warn you when you visit: [URL='https://fingerprint.com/']Fingerprint Pro - Formerly FingerprintJS - Device fingerprinting API[/URL] When revisiting Fingerprint Pro in the same session (meaning you did not close your browser. The good news is that JShelter still warns [SPOILER="good news: JShelter warns when visiting Fingerprint PRO in a single browsing session"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1685263051147.png"]275746[/ATTACH]" [/SPOILER] When you close the browser and re-visit Fingerprint PRO website, the great news is that JShelter still protects your privacy. I was surprised that the lower CPU impact WARN settings still protect (y)(y)(y) [SPOILER="Great news: JShelter still protects across different browsing sessions"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1685263898483.png"]275750[/ATTACH] [/SPOILER] [B]Explanation on why "warn with low impact settings (and reduced protection)" still protects on this latest ([/B][URL='https://www.ghacks.net/2023/03/21/web-fingerprinting-gets-frighteningly-good-sees-through-vpns-and-incognito-mode/'][B]99,5% succes rate[/B][/URL][B]) fingerprintig demo.[/B] I have lowered the protection settings of JShelter which cost relatively more CPU time to protect you. Because privacy is a lost case ("We are the borg resistance is futile you will be assimilated by fingerprinting" :) ) JShelter (even with the most strict settings) won't protect you against the 'BOOH I am tracking you" proof of concept FUD websites . But there is a downside on using all possible fingerprinting techniques available. Your website will become less responsive which will cost your Google page relevance rating (heavy websites will be placed lower in search results). A fingerprinting feature which lowers your Google rating is simply commercially not viable. This is why only 0.2 percent of the websites use these fingerprinting techniques (according to "[URL='https://whotracks.me/trackers.html']who tracks me[/URL]" ). Still some commercial websites use fingerprint tracking (like ikea.com uses and a Dutch news website RTL nieuws). The cost of fingerprinting is probably the reason why my lowered JShelter protection settings protect against Fingerprint PRO across browser sessions (with a claimed 99,5% successrate). This new services probably is so efficient, it won't lower your page ranking. Fingerprint PRO is efficient because it does recognise returning visits during the same browsing session even with JShelter installed (with my settings). On the other hand this "warn, but don't protect" during same browsing session, actually is a compatibility advantage, because it won't break websites using this fingerprinting feature when you have JShelter installed. :cool:;) (y) [SPOILER='My "warn with low CPU impact" JShelter settings'] [ATTACH type="full"]275762[/ATTACH] [/SPOILER] Thanks [USER=80838]@Jan Willy[/USER] for pointing me to FingerPrint Pro website and [USER=71262]@oldschool[/USER] for attending me on JShelter: I am going to add it to my protection. I had played with JShelter, but had de-installed JShelter, because (as Jan Willy posted) not many websites used it. This new service with its high accuracy rate and [URL='https://malwaretips.com/threads/googles-next-step-toward-a-cookie-free-world.123466/']Google pushing towards a cookie free world [/URL] will probably increase the prevalence of these type of new and advanced fingerprinting services (credits [USER=74969]@plat[/USER] posting this). [/QUOTE]
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