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A Web Site Mysteriously Knows Who I Am & Details About My Last Visit. Scary!
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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1836681" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>Thanks for the link to StationX Cyber, Macgig. It seems to be well worth looking into.</p><p></p><p>Your iCab result looks a whole lot better than my Safari results, KRS - </p><p>Safari Set To: Private Browsing with DuckDuckGo extension. Preferences are set for Cookies from web sites I visit only. </p><p></p><p>Safari also shows No Extensions, but I have at least the DuckDuckGo extension. I don't know what others are hidden in here somewhere (none that i've added). There isn't a setting I have found for blocking ads, so I guess that is wide open. Also it's set for Never Save Passwords for any site. </p><p></p><p>Opera Browser with Private Window gave identical results as Safari. </p><p></p><p>Panopticlick screen shots for Safari are attached. The fingerprint entries with white rectangles, I blocked out.</p><p></p><p>Then I went to Safari - Preferences - Privacy - Manage Website Data. There are a zillion entries for trackers on the computer. Ironically, one is called "Do Not Track". So much for all of that "privacy" stuff. Even Twitter & Facebook are tracking, although I've never been to either domain.</p><p></p><p>When I opened Opera it went to a page telling me that Yahoo, Verizon and Google will track me and supply my data to "partners". It had a link to Opt Out, but the link was in German. I translated as well as I remember how and there was absolutely no place to opt out. Greedy, greedy, greedy.</p><p></p><p>It will be interesting to try other browsers, such as iCab that KRS mentioned and repeat Panopticlick. </p><p></p><p>It is quite amazing how little privacy we have in the Connected World.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]30735[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1836681, member: 76746"] Thanks for the link to StationX Cyber, Macgig. It seems to be well worth looking into. Your iCab result looks a whole lot better than my Safari results, KRS - Safari Set To: Private Browsing with DuckDuckGo extension. Preferences are set for Cookies from web sites I visit only. Safari also shows No Extensions, but I have at least the DuckDuckGo extension. I don't know what others are hidden in here somewhere (none that i've added). There isn't a setting I have found for blocking ads, so I guess that is wide open. Also it's set for Never Save Passwords for any site. Opera Browser with Private Window gave identical results as Safari. Panopticlick screen shots for Safari are attached. The fingerprint entries with white rectangles, I blocked out. Then I went to Safari - Preferences - Privacy - Manage Website Data. There are a zillion entries for trackers on the computer. Ironically, one is called "Do Not Track". So much for all of that "privacy" stuff. Even Twitter & Facebook are tracking, although I've never been to either domain. When I opened Opera it went to a page telling me that Yahoo, Verizon and Google will track me and supply my data to "partners". It had a link to Opt Out, but the link was in German. I translated as well as I remember how and there was absolutely no place to opt out. Greedy, greedy, greedy. It will be interesting to try other browsers, such as iCab that KRS mentioned and repeat Panopticlick. It is quite amazing how little privacy we have in the Connected World. [ATTACH=full]30735[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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