Did you know that you can be tracked on the Internet without your knowledge or consent, without trackers or cookies? It can be done by means of your "browser fingerprint".
I've been participating in a study on browser fingerprinting for the past couple months. You can participate and learn about your browser fingerprint here:
https://browser-fingerprint.cs.fau.de/?lang=en
The study is simple. It's anonymous. Once a week you get an email reminder to check your finger print. The system "fingerprints" your browser, let's you know if the fingerprint has been seen before and whether it's trackable over time. You can also see what characteristics of the browser are being noted (there are hundreds).
@karlauerbach I'm going to check into that as soon as I have time. Sunday, I hope.
@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_ I've checked mine for about eight weeks. It's different and unique each time. One time out of those eight it came up unique and trackable. The other seven times not trackable. Why, I don't know. I haven't delved into the details of it yet.
@shuttersparks It says a fresh installation of Tor has a unique fingerprint?
@detroit_yeet I don't know but that sounds likely.
@shuttersparks When I first learned about fingerprinting (using the web canvas method) several years ago I wrote a bit of javascript to try it out - it was so very easy.
Have you seen the EFF page on it that show how unique your browser is? Check it out at
https://firstpartysimulator.org/