This 'fingerprint' changes as you login in and log out of various services, so it's not very reliable for uniquely identifying users. Regardless, it could still be used to profile you and then target content accordingly. For example, if you're logged into Hacker News, you're probably a programmer and you're probably more interested in an ad for web hosting than wedding dresses and visa versa for Pinterest.
Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
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#12I have uBlock Origin in 3rd party deny mode and privacy badger and it still detects me as logged in to HN, Reddit, Slack and Stack Overflow.
EDIT: Following diegorbaquero's advice[0] solved it
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#13Nice, 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.
The one time I don't check the comments before reading the story...
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#14Keep in mind that it doesn't show up the icons at all if you're using a content blocker and activated Fanboy’s Annoyance List. This is because the critical resource is named "/socialmedia-leak/socialmedia-leak.js".
Renamed it. Does it make any difference?
The blocked string is "socialmedia-"; filename is fine, folder name is still triggering the script being blocked.
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#15Nice, 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.
huh. I didn't think of that.. that's kinda harsh.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#16In Chrome: Settings > Privacy > Content Settings > Tick 'Block third-party cookies and site data'
Also set 'Send a "Do Not Track" request with your browsing traffic'
And install uBlock Origin, ofc.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#17Nice, 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.
huh. I didn't think of that.. that's kinda harsh.
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)
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#18Keep in mind that it doesn't show up the icons at all if you're using a content blocker and activated Fanboy’s Annoyance List. This is because the critical resource is named "/socialmedia-leak/socialmedia-leak.js".
Thanks. I just enabled Fanboy’s Annoyance List in ublock origin. I've haven't spent any time digging through that filter list, but I'm now interested. Any other recommendations or resources?
Personally I went with EasyList and local EasyList against ads, Fanboy’s Annoyance and Anti-ThirdpartySocial because social media integrations generally annoy me. EasyPrivacy and Fanboy’s Enhanced Tracking List for privacy as well as the Adblock Warning Removal List and this cool thing against the EU cookie failure: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r4vi/block-the-eu-cookie-s...
It's not very complete, though.
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#19Nice, 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.
Sorry, didn't think about that. Added a hint in the title.
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#20I have uBlock Origin in 3rd party deny mode and privacy badger and it still detects me as logged in to HN, Reddit, Slack and Stack Overflow. EDIT: Following diegorbaquero's advice[0] solved it 0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12692485
I had that and enabled the "Fanboy Annoyance list" in uBlock Origin and now it says I'm on none of the platforms.