Hi,
I tested browser on cover your tracks… All is setup on aggresive or strict.
Why brave got only status → your browser has a randomized fingerprint
If i test Librewolf your browser has an unique fingerprint
@nexon there’s different types of protections. So when it shows that the browser has a randomized fingerprint, it means that the type of protection it’s using is that it sends different data when you visit a website. Like maybe one time you visit and it will say your screen size is 1920x1080x24 but perhaps the next time you visit, it will show 2560x1440x24. Or the fonts it says you have active may be different
An example of that is in the screenshot below, where I ran the test on two different Brave profiles
This means in addition to blocking trackers and other types of protections, they change enough little things that the places you visit can’t quite say for certain you’re the same person. It could be a different device and all, so it’s harder to fingerprint.
Both Librewolf and Brave would be doing a good job of helping to prevent tracking, they just work in slightly different ways with Brave being a bit more comprehensive.
@Saoiray on https://fingerprint.com/ device identification i see my ID still same… after restart still same ID… Should be changing everytime when i open brave.
@nexon actually, that’s because that site isn’t really doing what you think. I’m not sure if you ever have taken the time to look through their resources, but they even reveal themselves how their tool works.
What it does is relies on your IP address and cookies overall.
Check on their main website at https://fingerprint.com/ and you’ll see a box you can toggle that says I’m a Developer
When you do that, it shows things like below:
So what it explains is it’s checking:
- Browser used
- Your IP address (and its location)
- Your timezone
- OS used
- If you have any cookies/cache from visiting the site before.
So it’s not actually doing much of anything based on a true fingerprint. What it’s doing is checking your IP address and cookies from you visiting the site. This is why if you check on a normal window and then open something like a Private With Tor you’ll see it says your Tor visit is the first time you’ve been there.
To further example that, I just launched a Private with Tor and look what it says:
Compared to another one:
So they are seeing the one profile where they have logged my IP Address. So they just are using that to say they know me.
If nothing else this shows the importance of using a VPN or proxy in addition.
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The other thing I want to point out is that Brave’s fingerprint protection generally isn’t to prevent the same website from knowing you have returned. It’s about preventing them from tracking you across websites.
In any case, it’s important you always learn what tools and tests you’re using actually do. Often a lot of these testing sites are more about “parlor tricks” and are meant just as a basic representation of how things work. But in terms of being used by websites “in the wild,” meaning looking at “real world” usage, it isn’t done and wouldn’t be accurate even if it was.
But it does kind of show how perhaps Google cookies on websites with Google AdSense while seeing your exact IP Address may recognize you more. So now your search on Google or visiting a website might show up on your Facebook feed. And it can let you kind of be aware how various privacy tools help.
Typically fingerprinting is more about things like Brave talks about at https://brave.com/glossary/fingerprinting/
Thanks for clarifying…
Also i noticed on ipleak.net two ip adresses on Librewolf (ponynet) which is not good …
Brave is okay with this only one IP adress.