How unique is your browser?

gillywibble · 21 Feb 2010 at 13:24

Quite interesting.

https://panopticlick.eff.org/

Cosimo · 21 Feb 2010 at 13:44

I’m unique because my many fonts reveal at least 19.33 bits of identifying information and I thought it was unique because of my favourites.

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Feb 2010 at 13:49

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 660,171 tested so far.

me227 · 21 Feb 2010 at 13:54

optitech-uk said:
Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 660,171 tested so far.

Same here, although looking at the values they don't seem that unique.

Frozennova · 21 Feb 2010 at 14:00

It looks like this is a load of tosh as we're all getting the same results

lcg · 21 Feb 2010 at 14:05

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 660,223 tested so far.

Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at least 19.33 bits of identifying information.

Jokester · 21 Feb 2010 at 14:14

Same uniqueness as everyone else, bit of an oxymoron that.

Tr Insanity · 21 Feb 2010 at 14:15

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 660,251 tested so far.

Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at least 19.33 bits of identifying information.

gillywibble · 21 Feb 2010 at 14:17

frozennova said:
It looks like this is a load of tosh as we're all getting the same results

I think you might be right.

NathanE · 21 Feb 2010 at 14:26

"Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 660,283 tested so far"

I'm special

TomaHawk · 21 Feb 2010 at 14:32

As said seems to be a load of rubbish!

doggo · 21 Feb 2010 at 14:43

How spooky, mine is 19.33 aswell

V4NT0M · 21 Feb 2010 at 15:03

Unique...

asim18 · 21 Feb 2010 at 15:26

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 660,452 tested so far.
Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at least 19.33 bits of identifying information.

Surely you can just track someone with their IP address, why do they need a "browser fingerprint"?

Jokester · 21 Feb 2010 at 15:30

Another thing, how can you have 0.33 of a bit?

Hades · 21 Feb 2010 at 15:33

Is it gathering data from your cookies for dodgy purposes? Could be a scam?

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Feb 2010 at 15:57

Hades said:
Is it gathering data from your cookies for dodgy purposes? Could be a scam?

I deleted my brower cookies before running it mwahhaha

Begbie · 21 Feb 2010 at 22:23

sorn21 · 21 Feb 2010 at 22:31

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 662,051 tested so far.

Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at least 19.34 bits of identifying information.

19.34

Lightnix · 21 Feb 2010 at 22:38

asim18 said:
Surely you can just track someone with their IP address, why do they need a "browser fingerprint"?

Very few people actually have a static IP address (edit: moreover, multiple people often share the same IP address but use separate computers), so that's not very useful. With this they can just take a hash of the 'likely to be unique' pieces of data from your browser and essentially use it as an identity tag. This is useful in the case of most people who download their browser, the plugins they want and never touch their browser again.

Edit: the theory behind this is actually quite interesting:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/primer-information-theory-and-privacy