Matsuda Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Canvas fingerprinting is a completely new way of tracking users online for advertising purposes, and reports detailing it claim it’s rather difficult to bypass. Even Adblock Plus users can’t escape canvas fingerprinting, but the company explained on its Blog there is a way to deal with it, and with cookies for that matter, using its browser plugin.Canvas fingerprinting is basically a smart way of combining data obtained with help of a web browser to create profiles and then track them online. However, because the data gathered includes graphic drivers, browser version, operating system and – maybe – “some settings like ClearType,” canvas fingerprinting may not be so efficient at tracking users of websites that have high traffic.Adblock says that there are simply too many computers with similar configurations for canvas fingerprinting to work efficiently. Furthermore, this means that “one has to do as little as recalibrating ClearType or updating the graphics driver to drop off the radar.”While Adblock Plus can’t prevent a browser from receiving the images used for canvas fingerprinting, the company says it can stop your computer from sending the generated “fingerprint,” which, in turn, completely stops tracking and protects your privacy.“When you add the EasyPrivacy filter list in Adblock Plus this won’t make Adblock Plus block tracking cookies directly,” the company said. “Instead, Adblock Plus will block the script that would try to set these cookies. And guess what: blocking that script doesn’t just prevent cookie-based tracking, it also lets you deal with canvas fingerprinting or evercookie or any other tracking approach.In particular, the rules to prevent AddThis tracking were added to EasyPrivacy almost five years ago.”Source: http://bgr.com/2014/07/23/how-to-disable-canvas-fingerprinting/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) . Edited April 28, 2019 by CODYQX4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I think I beat the fingerprinting test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) . Edited April 28, 2019 by CODYQX4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therru Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Reason why I moved from ABP to uBlock. Much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Reason why I moved from ABP to uBlock. Much better.uBlock is better on Chrome because the ADP on Chrome is nowhere close to the quality one offered for Firefox. Edited July 24, 2014 by dcs18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo64 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I think I beat the fingerprinting test.What fingerprint test, link please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I think I beat the fingerprinting test.What fingerprint test, link pleasehttp://fingerprint.pet-portal.eu/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 The ADP on Chrome is nowhere close to the quality one offered for Firefox.100% agree!!! :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) . Edited April 28, 2019 by CODYQX4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therru Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Reason why I moved from ABP to uBlock. Much better.uBlock is better on Chrome because the ADP on Chrome is nowhere close to the quality one offered for Firefox. I agree, ABP on Firefox is like it should have on Chrome. I've always liked ABP backup feature on Firefox. Luckily uBlock has export/import feature, and it supports more lists than ABP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) . Edited April 28, 2019 by CODYQX4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therru Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) There already is Your Filters in uBlock, where you extract Example.txt block lists. You can also export/import those lists.Example of Customize YouTube with Adblock Plus (ABP - Block all annoyances - list) Edited July 24, 2014 by Therru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirri Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 there's room improvement in uBlock. Its good compete with AG and most popular Adblock in Chrome based. I ilke a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) . Edited April 28, 2019 by CODYQX4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napalm.neca Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Can someone explain the results on fingerprint : (...green 1 Blackberries Rufus tea Durban, South Africa 32936 ) and panopticlick : (Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 4,365,345 tested so far...your browser has a fingerprint that conveys at least 22.06 bits of identifying information) What does this number mean, the bigger the better or the smaller the better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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