On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:05:25 +0100, Michael Hampicke wrote: > >> > There is actually a huge amount of information available, giving a >> > high level of pseudo-uniqueness. There was a web site that showed you >> > how much it could glean from even an anonymous session, but I can't >> > remember where is was. Somewhere like the EFF. >> >> I guess you mean https://panopticlick.eff.org/ > > That's the one, I'll try to remember to make a note of the URL this time.
Mnemonic: It's a reference to the Panopticon, which was a model of prison designed to make inmates behave by being aware that they were constantly being watched. Derives from 'pan' (all) 'opti' (sight/seeing). So, pan-opti-click becomes "all seeing click". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon -- :wq
