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by jakeogh 3816 days ago
That would be better, but not per user, per session. Currently I have surf(suckless.org) just pick a common one when I launch a tab (via tabbed): https://github.com/jakeogh/rndagent
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pdkl95 3816 days ago
per-HTTP request

Nothing ever guaranteed the user agent header would be consistent or present. Any re-use of a user-agent string adds bits of data that can be used for tracking.

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nitrogen 3816 days ago
While we're at it, we need some solution to tracking based on browser window size. I'm one of the few people I know who doesn't maximize everything, so I'm probably 100% uniquely trackable just by window size.
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quesera 3816 days ago
Window size detection is done with JavaScript. Block it.
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JupiterMoon 3815 days ago
It can apparently be done with CSS by a determined website.
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jakeogh 3815 days ago
Disable JS by default. I do, and it makes the web better. Surf/tabbed makes this easy to do per process.
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