Brave can’t defeat https://fingerprintjs.com/demo/ even with Trackers & ads blocking set to Aggressive , Block fingerprinting set to Strict, may break sites and clearing all browsing data between visits.
Steps to reproduce:
Expected result: different visitorID every time.
Brave version 1.38.109
Also changing your IP doesn’t make the visitorID change.
Brave has protections against fingerprinting, no matter if it’s a first-party or not. What you’re actually seeing is not fingerprinting, it’s a garbage bot flooding technique
opened 05:45PM - 30 Dec 21 UTC
closed 09:39PM - 30 Dec 21 UTC
closed/not-actionable
OS/Android
OS/Desktop
#8787
#11770
#14031
#15825
#15875
#15825
#15853
https://fingerprintj… s.com/demo/
https://github.com/fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs
https://community.brave.com/t/brave-browser-fingerprinting-protection-is-useless/318318
https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/brave:84
cc: @pes10k
cc: @ShivanKaul
1.) Users are getting same fingerprint with different browser sessions, with different IP addresses, while blocking cache and cookies all together during the test.
2.) The initial theory that it was happening due to the same IP was later found out to be wrong.
3.) The second theory was that it was doing it by cache and cookies. Which should not be possible as users are blocking and clearing cookies and cache for each browser session. If it is cache polluting (I don't know exactly what it is) still it should be stopped (somehow) so not to get same fingerprint.
4.) It was said that will be solved in May 2021 itself https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15875#issuecomment-842805805. The first issue was created on Feb 2021.
5.) Team clarified that it is an upstream issue. So, why hasn't it been solved upstream after 7 months (by chromium community)?? Can it be prevented without upstream change?? If so, why hasn't it been implemented till now??
6.) If the issue was restricted/limited to the site itself it would have not been that bad (though it is), Many said that they are doing some "shady" stuff to sell their bogus product. Whatever they are doing, users are getting fingerprinted. And they are actively selling their product as of right now.
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Oh, I see… thanks for the answer!
system
May 31, 2022, 5:49pm
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