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notatoad on Dec 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Can websites personally identify visitors?

The list of fonts is only available through flash, so if you get rid of flash (either permanently or with flashblock) that should cut down your fingerprint a bit.

nwh on Dec 8, 2012 [–]

It's also exposed to javascript and CSS. With a list to test, you can generally evaluate the fonts installed on a system without using Flash.

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