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Browser Fingerprinting and How to Avoid It?

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Browser Fingerprinting<&sol;strong> is quite a unique term which is a process in which websites accurately identify unique browsers and track your online activity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Wherever you go online&comma; websites tend to track your online activity such as your operating system&comma; browser&comma; fonts&comma; system you’re using&comma; and other settings&period; This information is used to track your online activity which is then referred to as browser fingerprinting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">A lot of information can be exposed through your browser&period; Every detail that a website fetches from the browser is in a form of a unique fingerprint which is then used for tracking purposes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In this guide we’ll be discussing all the aspects of browser fingerprinting and how to protect yourself against these threats&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>How to Avoid Browser Fingerprinting<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Have a look at some of the tips you can do to avoid browser fingerprinting and prevent online tracking&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Use a VPN<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">A <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;unblock-netflix-vpn&sol;">Virtual Private Network<&sol;a> is a nice tool to keep everything anonymous over the internet&period; Everything you browse over the internet remains encrypted through a tunnel so there’s no chance of browser fingerprinting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">It also keeps your original IP address hidden for good&period; For the outsider&comma; it assigns you with an IP address of a VPN server and pretends that you’re in another location&period; Whenever you visit a website&comma; they wouldn’t be able to determine your original IP and all they see is a VPN IP address&period; They wouldn’t be able to track your online activity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">A VPN also protects you from malware and viruses&period; So basically it’s a complete online privacy tool for your device&period; If you’re not into spending money on buying some good VPNs&comma; then you must first try out the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vpnranks&period;com&sol;free-trial&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">list of the best free trial VPN services<&sol;a> that we’ve compiled for you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Use Private Browsing<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Many browsers like Opera&comma; Chrome&comma; and Firefox now have a feature of &OpenCurlyQuote;Private Browsing’ which is also called Incognito Mode where it gives you the ability to browse privately&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Everything that you do over Incognito Mode remains private and doesn’t affect your browsing history&period; So whenever the browser in the private browsing interacts with a website&comma; it doesn’t reveal anything about a user or their preference&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Because so many people use the same profile settings&comma; the fingerprints look similar and you don’t have a unique fingerprint&period; This prevents anyone from tracking your online activity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Use a Tor Browser<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Another tool that helps you secure browsing&comma; is <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;torproject&period;org&sol;download&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Tor<&sol;a> &lpar;The Onion Router&rpar;&period; Using the Tor browser will prevent browser fingerprinting and it aggressively blocks JavaScript Code on websites&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Having to use a Tor browser with a VPN is such a great combination&period; The only bad thing you can experience while using a Tor browser is slow streaming experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Use Ad blocker Plugins<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">There are plenty of plugins and chrome extensions that help you disable trackers that are employed by certain websites&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">These include Adblock Plus&comma; NoScript&comma; Privacy Badger&comma; and many others&period; These are designed to block any script that can be run on your browser&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In some of the websites you won’t be getting a satisfactory user experience because you’ve installed these plugins&comma; but in some of them they will ask you to either pause or disable these plugins from working in order to access the content&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Disable JavaScript<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The other most effective you can do is to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;developers&period;google&period;com&sol;web&sol;tools&sol;chrome-devtools&sol;javascript&sol;disable" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">disable JavaScript<&sol;a> and Flash&period; That is because&comma; when the JavaScript is disabled&comma; the website won’t be able to detect any active plugins or fonts you use&period; In fact&comma; it won’t be able to install cookies on your browser&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">However&comma; there will be some disadvantage in disabling JavaScript&period; You will have problems in viewing the website because JavaScript helps websites to function smoothly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">But if you disable flash&comma; you won’t have much problems in user experience because flash only impacts the browsing experience of a very old website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Key Takeaways<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Browse fingerprinting has become a common practice because every website wants to know what kind of users’ are visiting their website so they could target them with better ads based on their preference&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The fingerprints exposed by your browser can be a threat to your online privacy&period; The best possible way to prevent that from happening is to use a VPN&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">It encrypts your online traffic and hides your original IP&period; It will also assign you with another IP address of a VPN server which is being used by many other VPN users&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The information won’t be accurate and you’ll be free from any tracking&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

Hardik Patel

Hardik Patel is a Digital Marketing Consultant and professional Blogger. He has 16+ years experience in SEO, SMO, SEM, Online reputation management, Affiliated Marketing and Content Marketing.

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