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by mikeocool 5643 days ago
The browser signature presented on panopticlick is really not akin to a physical finger print at all.

Most of the features that are called out as making up your browser's 'finger print' actually change fairly regularly on most users machines. Using these features, your finger print would change anytime you update your browser, add a new plugin, or disalbe an old font.