Using uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger defaults, it only showed me as logged into Hacker News.
Same for me, plys Slack.
What it didn't notice: Reddit, GMail, Github, Paypal and maybe more.
Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
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Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#72Scary. Netflix is showing logged out though, whereas I'm actually still logged in.
Yeah, it kind of shows conflicting results to me too.
While it correctly identified me being logged into HN, Medium, and Amazon, it completely missed reddit, GitHub, Twitter, Facebook, etc. I'm assuming it missed them because of me running Privacy Badger, but I'm kind of negatively surprised that Privacy Badger failed to protect me from those three I mentioned.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
But isn't it better to at least ask instead of not asking at all?
As I said, simply asking for it will actually reduce your privacy for any service that doesn't comply, by making you more fingerprintable.
But there is some pressure on companies to comply. Plus they can't use the defense that you could have enabled it and chose not to.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#74Nice, so now by using this I have an NSFW site logged in my workplace's DNS log. Be careful if your employer checks such things.
Made the same mistake. "Maybe NSFW" isn't really clear – "makes a request to YouPorn" is probably more fitting.
Yeah, I thought "Well I only log on to corporate email and HN on this computer, so it's not going to drag up anything scandalous."
Our IT department LOVES complaining about users using the network inappropriately, so I can look forward to a discussion with HR about this. I guess I should have checked the comments first.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#75This is why I use 'browser isolation', which is a way to separate different types of surfing activity into different buckets. Currently the best way to do this in Firefox is to create multiple profiles, or in Chrome, you can simply add a different user/persona. Having one profile, or even an entire dedicated browser just for Twitter/FB ensures the login is not spilled over into other sites. If you're surfing the web…
Slightly easier way is to use the Disconnect/Privacy Badger extensions, along with uBlock Origin. It does a lot to prevent cookies from leaking across sites.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#76Nice, so now by using this I have an NSFW site logged in my workplace's DNS log. Be careful if your employer checks such things.
Use a VPN like the rest of the savvy slackers.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep I also clicked first. It might need an "NSFW" tag in the title to warn other users. (Let's see how long it takes for Corporate IT to come yell at us)
I get blocking it but I have to wonder about departments run like that. Do they really have nothing better to do?
It's the "see and be seen" method of working.
Nobody knows you exist because everything is working? Better go yell at somebody.
Everybody thinks you aren't working because something is broken? Better go yell at somebody.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#78TIL YouPorn is considered social media
I heard they have an active comment section.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#79Hm. Doesn't seem to work on Chrome on Android.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#80Nice, so now by using this I have an NSFW site logged in my workplace's DNS log. Be careful if your employer checks such things.
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