cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoIs Mull a good private browser for android?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareIs Mull a good private browser for android?cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoI am afraid to tell you that it has an extremely unique user agent that serves to fingerprint exactly the few of you that use Stoutner’s Privacy Browser. Avoid using it. I used to use it quite a bit once upon a time, and that is how I know about it.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoFingerprints are useless for tracking if they change constantly
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoUser agent is constant, and fingerprints stay similar on average. Privacy Browser is not so much… private. It is just a wrapper for Android Web view.
I am afraid to tell you that it has an extremely unique user agent that serves to fingerprint exactly the few of you that use Stoutner’s Privacy Browser. Avoid using it. I used to use it quite a bit once upon a time, and that is how I know about it.
Fingerprints are useless for tracking if they change constantly
User agent is constant, and fingerprints stay similar on average. Privacy Browser is not so much… private. It is just a wrapper for Android Web view.