New Fingerprinting Protections

[skinuca]

I have question on the new measures Apple has implemented on digital fingerprinting. Are they taken at the system level, thus preventing any browser from fingerprinting based on OS version, mac model, installed fonts and the like, or is that only done within Safari?

I tend to use Safari for sites on which i stay signed in, and also use it for most of my bookmarks. I use Firefox, Opera, or Chrome in random choice for search and most browsing and have each of them set to keep cookies only until i quit the app.

Appreciate any insight.

 

[CreeptoLoser]

In Safari only.

 

[skinuca]

Thanks, that is what i thought.

Oddly, even running the current beta of MacOS Mojave with Safari 12, it seems even safari still looks unique according at least to a pair of online tools.

https://amiunique.org/

https://panopticlick.eff.org/

Thought it is shows better than other browsers when not using 3rd party extensions, both of those indicate Safari still passes on system, display and installed font info used most often in fingerprinting.

 

[CreeptoLoser]

Thanks, that is what i thought.

Oddly, even running the current beta of MacOS Mojave with Safari 12, it seems even safari still looks unique according at least to a pair of online tools.

https://amiunique.org/

https://panopticlick.eff.org/

Thought it is shows better than other browsers when not using 3rd party extensions, both of those indicate Safari still passes on system, display and installed font info used most often in fingerprinting.

These tests don't seem relevant. They just say that your browser is unique, which it would be if very few people are using Safari 12 right now. The important thing is that sites and ad networks can't use cookies to track you and spy on your activity. They do that to build profiles on you and sell your data to other networks.