On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:12 AM, intrigeri <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jan Nielsen wrote (22 Oct 2014 04:08:53 GMT) :
> > I was using the same laptop for both the tests, so it seems to me that
> the
> > new TBB version of the browser gives off more fingerprintable data.
>
> > What are your thoughts on this? Browser fingerprinting seems to be a
> > leading way to track a and identify people on the net. Shouldn't this be
> > receiving more focus?
>
> First of all, note that the tests done by panopticlick are mostly
> outdated in today's web tracking landscape, and should not be taken
> *that* seriously.
>

Why not? What is outdated about it? Is there somewhere better? I wonder if
what Jan is seeing is due to Mozilla's recent switch from Firefox 24 ESR to
31 ESR, since I'm guessing that's what Iceweasel is based on now.
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