TEST: Is Your Browser Safe Against TRACKING ?

[Jewboo]

TEST: Is Your Browser Safe Against TRACKING (https://panopticlick.eff.org/)?


Useful test. My Chromium browser totally failed while my Firefox browser with NoScript and AdBlock Plus totally blocked the evil trackers.

)0(

[JohnQPublic]

Her is what Dissenter (from Gab) scored:

Our tests indicate that you have strong protection against Web tracking, though your software isn’t checking for Do Not Track policies.

Dissenter is nice, really snappy action. Chrome, Firefox, etc. lag a lot.

[monty]

Brave browser: Our tests indicate that you have strong protection against Web tracking, though your software isn’t checking for Do Not Track policies.

[jcismylord]

Your browser has a nearly-unique fingerprint :(

One in 93,000. Tried to install trace on my firefox - it made the fingerprinting even worse.

Does anybody know how to stop firefox from leaking private stuff through http headers?


By the way, look at this post on mozilla blog - https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/

Mozilla, that owns firefox is a communist org, which is completely against freedom.

I wish I could move to another browser, but I don't know any good one.

Brave is Chromium ( google ) derived - so I don't trust it.

[jcismylord]

Changed firefox prefs -


privacy.resistFingerprinting to true
webgl.disabled to true
media.peerconnection.enabled to false
geo.enabled to false
privacy.firstparty.isolate to true


That made it even worse :(

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 279,240 tested in the past 45 days.

:(

I don't know what else to do

[monty]

Changed firefox prefs -

privacy.resistFingerprinting to true
webgl.disabled to true
media.peerconnection.enabled to false
geo.enabled to false
privacy.firstparty.isolate to true


That made it even worse :(

Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 279,240 tested in the past 45 days.

:(

I don't know what else to do
Opera?

[cheka.]

fox

Our tests indicate that you have strong protection against Web tracking, though your software isn’t checking for Do Not Track policies.

[PatColo]

Brave is Chromium ( google ) derived - so I don't trust it.

my understanding is, Brave founder fell out with google (or was it mozilla?) & struck out on his own to make a privacy oriented browser.

I've been on brave for... almost 2 years? Happy with it, though once in a while I find a bug, page won't load right.... also does weird things with copy/pastes from places like Mami's (https://grizzom.blogspot.com/) -- it keeps the black background & white text colors, & I need to go through & edit so it's readable here.

[PatColo]

Should you keep using WhatsApp? Plus five tips to start the year with your digital privacy intact
(https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/16/should-you-keep-using-whatsapp-plus-five-tips-to-start-the-year-with-your-digital-privacy-intact)
We spoke to convicted hacker turned security consultant Kevin Mitnick to find out how to maintain your security online

Security expert Kevin Mitnick’s top tip for protecting your privacy online is use a password manager. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Shelley Hepworth (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/shelley-hepworth)
@shelleymiranda (https://www.twitter.com/shelleymiranda)
Fri 15 Jan 2021 14.00 EST

If you use the popular messaging service WhatsApp (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/whatsapp) you may have noticed a pop-up message in recent days asking you to accept the service’s new terms and conditions by 8 February in order to continue using it.

The update has prompted calls for users to leave the popular messaging service in favour of alternatives such as Signal (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1347165127036977153) and Telegram. And on Friday a legal challenge on privacy grounds was filed against WhatsApp in India (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-facebook-whatsapp-l-g/whatsapp-faces-first-legal-challenge-in-india-over-privacy-idUSKBN29J1TR), the service’s biggest market. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has reported an influx of 25 million global users to the rival service since the announcement was made.


Use Signal
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021 (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1347165127036977153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

But what do the new terms and conditions mean for you? We asked former most-wanted hacker turned security consultant Kevin Mitnick (https://www.wired.com/2017/02/famed-hacker-kevin-mitnick-shows-go-invisible-online/) which messaging app he prefers – and to share his tips to set yourself up for a cyber-safe 2021.

“I prefer Signal because I know the developer behind the original project, and I know that Signal has been tested in the security community,” Mitnick says. “I believe Telegram has too, and I use Telegram, but not for secure messages.”

You can read WhatsApp’s Q&A about the changes here (https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/security-and-privacy/answering-your-questions-about-whatsapps-privacy-policy), but the main thing to know is that messages remain end-to-end encrypted and WhatsApp maintains that neither it, nor anyone else, has access to the content of messages between friends, family and groups. WhatsApp also says it doesn’t keep records of your call logs, share your contacts with Facebook and can’t see your shared location.

(https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/whatsapp-facebook-app-privacy-policy)WhatsApp users are really Facebook customers now – it's getting harder to forget that
Alex Hern
Read more (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/whatsapp-facebook-app-privacy-policy)

(https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/whatsapp-facebook-app-privacy-policy)What has changed is privacy around the content of communication between individuals and businesses that use Facebook hosting services, which will now be accessible to those businesses for their own marketing purposes. As the Guardian’s UK technology editor, Alex Hern, points out the changes aren’t huge, but they do mark a step down the road of a long-term plan to integrate the chat app with Facebook (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/whatsapp-facebook-app-privacy-policy).

At the end of the day choosing a messaging app is a personal preference and Mitnick says as long as the service uses end-to-end encryption and its policies protect your privacy you should be OK. Nevertheless, Mitnick says he has “never communicated a secure message over WhatsApp”.

While choosing a messaging service is an important choice, there are other ways you can ensure your digital security. Here are Mitnick’s top five tips for protecting your privacy online.

1. moar @ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/16/should-you-keep-using-whatsapp-plus-five-tips-to-start-the-year-with-your-digital-privacy-intact

[monty]

Should you keep using WhatsApp? Plus five tips to start the year with your digital privacy intact
(https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/16/should-you-keep-using-whatsapp-plus-five-tips-to-start-the-year-with-your-digital-privacy-intact)
We spoke to convicted hacker turned security consultant Kevin Mitnick to find out how to maintain your security online

Security expert Kevin Mitnick’s top tip for protecting your privacy online is use a password manager. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Shelley Hepworth (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/shelley-hepworth)
@shelleymiranda (https://www.twitter.com/shelleymiranda)
Fri 15 Jan 2021 14.00 EST

If you use the popular messaging service WhatsApp (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/whatsapp) you may have noticed a pop-up message in recent days asking you to accept the service’s new terms and conditions by 8 February in order to continue using it.

The update has prompted calls for users to leave the popular messaging service in favour of alternatives such as Signal (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1347165127036977153) and Telegram. And on Friday a legal challenge on privacy grounds was filed against WhatsApp in India (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-facebook-whatsapp-l-g/whatsapp-faces-first-legal-challenge-in-india-over-privacy-idUSKBN29J1TR), the service’s biggest market. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has reported an influx of 25 million global users to the rival service since the announcement was made.


Use Signal
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021 (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1347165127036977153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

But what do the new terms and conditions mean for you? We asked former most-wanted hacker turned security consultant Kevin Mitnick (https://www.wired.com/2017/02/famed-hacker-kevin-mitnick-shows-go-invisible-online/) which messaging app he prefers – and to share his tips to set yourself up for a cyber-safe 2021.

“I prefer Signal because I know the developer behind the original project, and I know that Signal has been tested in the security community,” Mitnick says. “I believe Telegram has too, and I use Telegram, but not for secure messages.”

You can read WhatsApp’s Q&A about the changes here (https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/security-and-privacy/answering-your-questions-about-whatsapps-privacy-policy), but the main thing to know is that messages remain end-to-end encrypted and WhatsApp maintains that neither it, nor anyone else, has access to the content of messages between friends, family and groups. WhatsApp also says it doesn’t keep records of your call logs, share your contacts with Facebook and can’t see your shared location.

(https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/whatsapp-facebook-app-privacy-policy)WhatsApp users are really Facebook customers now – it's getting harder to forget that
Alex Hern
Read more (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/whatsapp-facebook-app-privacy-policy)

(https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/whatsapp-facebook-app-privacy-policy)What has changed is privacy around the content of communication between individuals and businesses that use Facebook hosting services, which will now be accessible to those businesses for their own marketing purposes. As the Guardian’s UK technology editor, Alex Hern, points out the changes aren’t huge, but they do mark a step down the road of a long-term plan to integrate the chat app with Facebook (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/whatsapp-facebook-app-privacy-policy).

At the end of the day choosing a messaging app is a personal preference and Mitnick says as long as the service uses end-to-end encryption and its policies protect your privacy you should be OK. Nevertheless, Mitnick says he has “never communicated a secure message over WhatsApp”.

While choosing a messaging service is an important choice, there are other ways you can ensure your digital security. Here are Mitnick’s top five tips for protecting your privacy online.

1. moar @ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/16/should-you-keep-using-whatsapp-plus-five-tips-to-start-the-year-with-your-digital-privacy-intact




How WhatsApp will Zuck you



http://youtu.be/I6Fbjr2WfFw

https://youtu.be/I6Fbjr2WfFw

[jcismylord]

my understanding is, Brave founder fell out with google (or was it mozilla?) & struck out on his own to make a privacy oriented browser.

I've been on brave for... almost 2 years? Happy with it, though once in a while I find a bug, page won't load right.... also does weird things with copy/pastes from places like Mami's (https://grizzom.blogspot.com/) -- it keeps the black background & white text colors, & I need to go through & edit so it's readable here.

installed and checked Brave.
Brave is indeed better than Firefox, even with my gazilion of privacy-boosting Firefox config tvicks.

Also - planning on moving off of Ubuntu and jumping unto Mint, cause Ubuntu is imho heading to the dark side - Microsoft/Google way

[jcismylord]

some of my "lifestyle changes" of the recent couple years -
never google - duck
never drudge - revolvernews, cfp, breitbart
never gmail - proton
no mozila - brave
no youtube - in the process on that ( oddisey ? )
no facebook / twiter ( parler has been dean )
no foxnews
no ubuntu - debian / or Mint
shopping - brick n mortar

resist

requesting critic, pls
is there anything more I am missing?

no-iphone ? pinephone?

also, Mish is an a-hole

[PatColo]

Brave/Private-mode on windoze-10 notebook comp, USB-tethered to burner android phone using anon/TMobile pre-pay "unlimited data" acct for 'net connectivity:


Trackers use a variety of methods to identify and track users. Most often, this includes tracking cookies, but it can also include browser fingerprinting, which is a sneakier way to track users and makes it harder for users to regain control of their browsers.

Our tests indicate that you have strong protection against Web tracking, though your software isn’t checking for Do Not Track policies.

IS YOUR BROWSER:



Blocking tracking ads?
Yes


Blocking invisible trackers?
Yes


Unblocking 3rd parties that honor Do Not Track (https://www.eff.org/dnt-policy)?
No


Protecting you from fingerprinting (https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/results?&aat=1&fpi_whorls=%7B%22v2%22%3A%7B%22plugins%22%3A%22Plu gin+0%3A+8.fv3bNG%3B+ky58ePHjRo06du37du379.+++fPnz 58.%3B+vXLly5cu3bt27dOn%3B+%28t27dOHjRIkSp06dOnzZM mz58.fPHDhQI%3B+%3B+%29.+Plugin+1%3A+Brave+documen t+plug-in%3B+Portable+Document+Format%3B+Uq169.fPnTJkSJEC hwYsWLFiRoUq169.%3B+%28Portable+Document+Format%3B +application%2Fx-google-chrome-pdf%3B+pdf%29.+Plugin+2%3A+OpenSource+PDF+and+PS+p lug-in%3B+%3B+XLlSp06duXr1atWrVKlyZMGjRIECBgQo%3B+%28% 3B+application%2Fpdf%3B+pdf%29.+Plugin+3%3A+TpUKFi x%3B+JkSp069.fPnz58.fvXr1atWr1aNGDhQ%3B+58ePHDhwYM mz58e%3B+%280aNGDhw4cu3btWrVKFCBAAAAAgQIEChw%3B+%3 B+%29.+%22%2C%22hardware_concurrency%22%3A5%2C%22a udio%22%3A%22123.0478457057252%22%2C%22canvas_hash _v2%22%3A%22a92d012866618d7df546dce7ca692747%22%2C %22webgl_hash_v2%22%3A%220bebfecb894b8eb27cacf1820 b505169%22%7D%7D#fingerprintTable)?
◕ your browser has a randomized fingerprint




Still wondering how fingerprinting works?
LEARN MORE (https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/learn)

Note: because tracking techniques are complex, subtle, and constantly evolving, Cover Your Tracks does not measure all forms of tracking and protection.

Your Results

Your browser fingerprint has been randomized among the 282,782 tested in the past 45 days. Although sophisticated adversaries may still able to track you to some extent, randomization provides a very strong protection against tracking companies trying to fingerprint your browser.

Currently, we estimate that your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at least 18.11 bits of identifying information.

The measurements we used to obtain this result are listed below. You can read more about our methodology, statistical results, and some defenses against fingerprinting here (https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/about).

Detailed Results


^ I believe the rest is boilerplate FYI re their testing MO & other info.

My laptop tethered to phone for 'net connection seems to fool sites; like I'll log into amzn & they'll have me do an email verification security check, & the email they send will say my browser is (android's default) Chrome, when it's nothing of the sort - chrome's not even installed on my windoze laptop!

[PatColo]

https://gab.com/disclosetv/posts/105585267622889738

NEW - Brave, one of the most secure and fastest browsers, has now taken crucial steps in extending its support to a decentralized web. Brave is now going to offer native integration with a peer-to-peer networking protocol and is the first mainstream browser to do.

^ edit (6:52pm PT) gab's been down for past ~1/2 hour; so "it's not me or you, it's gab!" re why link no worky atm. They've been very erratic in performance since I joined 9 days ago, with (((Big Social Media's latest patriots' shoah))) triggering deluge of new gab accts (I heard 3 million new gabbers). :'(