Mastodawn

@axels my favorite tool doesn't exist.

In today's current online environment, if you don't want your online behavior following you around, you need to shake your device fingerprint. There's no way around that, really. For some people, this looks like a multi-login #browser for others, it's just using different browsers for different tasks. The #tech simply does not exist to allow the average consumer to stop trackers from following them everywhere they go on the #internet.

When an adversary can link your behavior across sites and sessions, that gives them the ability to build a comprehensive profile of who you are. Your hobbies, interests, schedule, habits, worries, and beliefs all crammed into one profile.

I've found that I can successfully make my device appear as another device by modifying HTTPS headers, #JavaScript, TLS fingerprint, and network telemetry values (like TTL, MSS, window size, etc.). This #privacy approach allows me to scrub my browsers native fingerprint and replace it with a new one.

The key is coherency, though, tools like fingerprintJS can detect mismatches between headers and JS advertised properties and flag the user as a bot. Though, browsers like #firefox, #brave, and #duckduckgo do a good job of mitigating many of these fingerprinting techniques.

I've developed some #opensource tooling to give users free control over their data.

https://github.com/un-nf/404

#browserfingerprinting #tor

GitHub - un-nf/404: A new approach to fighting cross-session tracking: multi-layer online fingerprint obfuscation. Spoofs browser/OS (headers & JS), hardware, TLS cipher-suite, canvas, peripherals and much more.

A new approach to fighting cross-session tracking: multi-layer online fingerprint obfuscation. Spoofs browser/OS (headers & JS), hardware, TLS cipher-suite, canvas, peripherals and much more. -...

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OpenSoul ✅11h ago

Segnalo che a tutt'oggi #DuckDuckGo non ha risolto quello che è un paradosso dei suoi servizi "only_USA"

Questo thread su Reddit spiega bene il tutto, e quanto sia INCREDIBILE che un'azienda che vorrebbe sulla carta aumentare la privacy delle persone, ma poi ti chiede di sputtanarla facendoti profilare PER FORZA da google per pagare un loro servizio per la privacy

Ai confini della realtà

https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/1o1x58p/wait_wanting_to_pay_for_ddg_subscription_to/

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Ändy 13h ago

@archeaids I can still do it! (until I run out of fingers).

I haven't found a personal use case for LLMs yet, but I'll admit the Search Assist built into #DuckDuckGo 's page is handy, since it not only spits out an answer, but follows it up with citations used.

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Snaprails 17h ago

I've changed my default search back to #DuckDuckGo, far from perfect but at least it asks "Do you just want to search for nnnn?" rather than insisting that you must have made a mistake.

✨ Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋3d ago

Is https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ working for you? I get the following error message when trying to search:

"The page isn’t redirecting properly

Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies."

Is there any way to solve this?

#DuckDuckGo #Search #Help #Advice

DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.

The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.

DuckDuckGo

liaml 3d ago

If you search for famous artists on #duckduckgo , they change their logo to match the result.

On each search result, the Duck Duck Go logo is themed after the artist. The Monet duck is wearing a flatcap hat, the Van Gogh duck has a ginger beard, the Dali duck has a thin moustache, and the Kahlo duck is dressed in bright floral colours

jpoesen | 🇪🇺 | 🏳️‍🌈3d ago

I really liked #DuckDuckGo but in recent weeks or months its results for technical searches are vastly inferior to Google.

DDG routinely shows dozens of results from the same domain(s), or results vaguely related to the search terms. As if a lot of context is missing.

Prefixing my technical searches with "!g" to get Google results makes me sad but helps me find what I need.

And I hate it. Come on #Duck, get your act together.

FJ Brodie 4d ago

I may have to switch away from the #DuckDuckGo browser, to @Vivaldi, at least for some sites.

It's not even for a security or privacy reason. Some sites do not consider "dark mode" users when they're being designed. Image backgrounds in some cases make "dark mode" mean "invisible text mode".

DDG doesn't have, or at least not obviously, a quick on/off per site. But it's built in with #Vivaldi.

For transparency : you can achieve this in #Midori with Dark Reader too.

#browsers