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stravanasu
lemmy.ca

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ScoffingLizard
lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Joined: 2025-05-04
#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

Uuuummmm. Why is there a field in the raw data called ICE candidate?

Also, what can be done about this? Can we randomize the settings?

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1121219165
lemmy.zip
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Joined: 2026-09-09
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

Uuuummmm. Why is there a field in the raw data called ICE candidate? Also, what can be done about this? Can we randomize the settings?

Settings are irrelevant, it’s the browser that matters.

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TrollAccount69
lemmy.ml
TrollAccount69@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-08-10
#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

Uuuummmm. Why is there a field in the raw data called ICE candidate? Also, what can be done about this? Can we randomize the settings?

Probably https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCIceCandidate

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Santiago🏪
lemmy.ml

arrullodegrullo@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-04-26
#5 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

God damn that’s scary.

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TwilightKiddy
scribe.disroot.org
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Joined: 2026-07-27
#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

Too bad, doesn't work in my elinks.

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Zoma
sh.itjust.works
Zoma@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-05-26
#7 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

Website doesn't work without java script another win for noscirpt breaking everything!

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Arola
sh.itjust.works
Arola@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-08-05
#8 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

Interesting. It doesn't even mention Add Ons or Extensions (unless I missed ut, I only saw webGL extensions). I know a lot of it is inferred, but is still remarkably accurate. The "Times you looked away" box being accurate for me was a real slap in the chops.

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Armand1
lemmy.world

Armand1@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-15
#9 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

Uuuummmm. Why is there a field in the raw data called ICE candidate? Also, what can be done about this? Can we randomize the settings?

ICE Candidate

They can just tell you really hate brown people and love licking boots by your vibe.

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folaht
lemmy.ml
folaht@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-09-01
#10 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

It's got some of my information wrong.

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Batadon
feddit.org
Batadon@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-06-29
#11 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

It's got some of my information wrong.

From the site:

PS: some of what you just read may be flat-out wrong. That helps less than you'd think, fingerprinting doesn't need to be accurate, it needs to be consistent. If your browser gets something wrong the same way on every site, the mistake itself becomes part of your fingerprint.

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Maldreamer
lemmy.world
Maldreamer@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#12 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

I have been unique vistor everytime on many different test I have done in the past but this gets me spot on, which brings me to the question how can I randomise myself, or make myself unique everytime or blend in as a generic device? Basically anything that can be done to break fingerprinting. I am on libre wolf with some extensions

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Auli
lemmy.ca
Auli@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-17
#13 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

God damn that’s scary.

Sure and that is one thing. They where identifying you by the sites you visited awhile ago. They would post top x amount of sites and could tell who yiubwhere with I think 95% accuracy. Then increase the site by double and it went to 99%.

This was all a couple years ago who the hell knows what they are doing now.

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ashley_z
lemmy.zip
ashley_z@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-06-11
#14 Posted:   Subject: Re: Website detects whether you have LaTeX installed [among m... Quote Reply

Why, so they can tell that I'm a NERD?

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