Can advertisers track us online just by fonts installed on computer?
I always wonder when I use website how they know I am using Adblocker but this surprise goes beyond when I found out the advertisers could also track us online by fonts installed on computer.
Please share your thoughts so I can learn something for safe online browsing.
The reason I prefer Firefox Browser is because of its security features.
Thank you
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You will find a lot of information and demonstrations at
- Browserspy http://browserspy.dk/
- Including Fonts Information - Detected via Flash
See also
- Tips to protect your online privacy
- Configuration Options for Security
- How to stay safe on the web
- Fingerprinting
- You may also be interested in Lightbeam: Shine a Light on Who’s Watching You
- Addon: Lightbeam for Firefox
- Note it started out as collusion https://wiki.mozilla.org/Collusion
- Note the Tor Browser is based on Firefox https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Tor_Browser
- Do Not Track is not really enforced, but is on by default in Private Browsing
Whilst the subject is interesting this is not really the best place to discuss it. Here we aim more at answering specific questions. There may be one of the other Mozilla fora where you could get a discussion
- See Forum Listing https://www.mozilla.org/about/forums/
If you do start or find a discussion on another Mozilla forum please feel free to add a link to that in this thread.
Hi, thank you very much for the information. It take time to read all those websites. I have checked about Fonts and like BrowserSpy.dk+Lightbeam add-on. This is informative and interesting stuff.
John99 said
You will find a lot of information and demonstrations atSee also
- Browserspy http://browserspy.dk/
- Including Fonts Information - Detected via Flash
Whilst the subject is interesting this is not really the best place to discuss it. Here we aim more at answering specific questions. There may be one of the other Mozilla fora where you could get a discussion
- Tips to protect your online privacy
- Configuration Options for Security
- How to stay safe on the web
- Fingerprinting
- You may also be interested in Lightbeam: Shine a Light on Who’s Watching You
- Addon: Lightbeam for Firefox
- Note it started out as collusion https://wiki.mozilla.org/Collusion
- Note the Tor Browser is based on Firefox https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Tor_Browser
- Do Not Track is not really enforced, but is on by default in Private Browsing
If you do start or find a discussion on another Mozilla forum please feel free to add a link to that in this thread.
- See Forum Listing https://www.mozilla.org/about/forums/