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What is the lowest score you have achieved on EFF Cover Your Tracks?(sh.itjust.works)

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On Librewolf i got 16.48 bits of information, on TOR browser 10.32 bits, but on Tails I managed to get only 9.3 bits.

https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

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JustVik@lemmy.ml
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It constantly gives me 17.5 bits on several browsers firefox, nyxt, gnu icecat, librewolf…

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LambdaRX@sh.itjust.worksOP
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Number of bits can also depend on your UI scaling, resolution and timezone.

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Melody Fwygon@lemmy.one
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13

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douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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Default Google Chrome embedded on Android with nothing configured and googled up.

17 bits.

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...m...@ttrpg.network
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9.3 bits / 1:628.3
(ipadOS / safari)

…how do they quantify 3/10 of a bit?..

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LambdaRX@sh.itjust.worksOP
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They probably give entropy value, average number of, yes or no, questions that are needed to identify You. (Guess all the information that your browser provided)

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Zerush@lemmy.ml
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With Vivaldi

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OmegaLemmy@discuss.online
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Didn’t know Vivaldi had this capability, I just used it because it was the only decent browser with an on/off sidebar till zen

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Zerush@lemmy.ml
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Not only the sidebar, you can tweak almost everything to your like.

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