Digital fingerprinting has been around for a while, did google not use it? Or did it not allow others to have access to their data collected this way?

Fingerprinting.. some types can be easily circumvented, others are more painful. But yeah, librewolf + ublockorigin is decent. Chameleon is an extension specifically for spoofing your browser and OS info, it can add delay to key presses so keypress data becomes useless, etc. But having too many extensions also makes you stand out, so that has to be balanced.

I left Google four years ago.

No Google account, adblockers on every machine, DNS sinkhole, LineageOS instead of Google's Android, DDG for the win, etc.

All the extra work I put in was totally worth it.

my favourite resource on digital fingerprinting

coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Cover Your Tracks

See how trackers view your browser

^{coveryourtracks.eff.org}

Not that I doubted the post or other users’ comments but I was curious if my current browser is doing similar things like FF or librewolf and what Erklarbar said about fingerprinting was echoed by the vivaldi team some years ago. Although it’s recognized as a chrome browser, that info coupled with the os, language, and time zone (not to mention a number of customizations I’ve made to the ui) I’m definitely easily identifiable 😰☠️

vivaldi.com/blog/shared-networ…

Shared networks, tracking & fingerprinting | Vivaldi Browser

How does shared access to a computer or network affect your privacy? Here are the common mistakes to avoid if you want to start taking control of your privacy.

^{Tarquin Wilton-Jones (Vivaldi Technologies)}

"Many privacy laws, including the EU’s GDPR and California’s CCPA, require user consent for tracking. However, because fingerprinting works without explicit storage of user data on a device, companies may argue that existing laws do not apply which creates a legal gray area that benefits advertisers over consumers."

Hanna, #Tuta (@Tutanota), 2025

tuta.com/blog/digital-fingerpr…

Evil, but smart. Time for a broad brush ban on surveillance advertising?

#privacy #surveillance #AdTech

Digital Fingerprinting: Google launched a new era of tracking worse than cookie banners | Tuta

As Google gives you the choice to opt out of cookie tracking, it silently starts collecting your online habits with fingerprinting.

^Tuta

@brave will actively eff up the fingerprinting by returning slightly obfuscated data each time. Like the with of your browser and stuff like that

Not by much. Just enough to make sure there won't be a match

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"no escape" isn't correct. Don't use Google services (e.g search,) don't use Google software (e.g Chrome.) De-Google your life.

Posted from a phone using a non-Google OS called #GrapheneOS

> Now, Google can gather data without requiring explicit user consent: with digital fingerprinting.

That's incorrect. Consent is still required as the fingerprinting is creating identifiable information.

Moreover it is leveraging terminal device access which effectively the same as storing cookies.

While not applicable in all scenarios, one solution is to leave this whole polluted protocol behind.

Check out #geminiprotocol with gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/

The experience is like early web, in a good way.

#smolweb

Nice article summarizing dangers of browser fingerprinting tactics, now adopted by Google.

Use a browser with anti-fingerprinting features.

A number to use. I use Mullvad browser(Tor based).

I've been using Brave browser for some time now, for now it's effective against browser fingerprinting. And a great browser with built-in ad blocking

Tested with:
amiunique.org/fingerprint
coveryourtracks.eff.org/

@JohanDiederik

Cover Your Tracks

See how trackers view your browser

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