By random I found www.amiunique.org to check the browser fingerprint. The result of the test was that I have a unique fingerprint. As far as I understood the target for an improved privacy is to share the same fingerprint with as much as possible other users.
Does that also mean a plus of privacy using eblocker?
How reliable is this test?
There are plenty of „privacy checker“ tools out there with different approaches. Most are based on executing JavaScript on the client device to do some fingerprinting tricks.
With eBlocker our goal is to explicitly blindfold all trackers that track you across websites and devices. So called Third Party trackers. Here we block the request to the tracker - not to load the tracking Javascript at all. Hence no fingerprinting nor tracking can take place.
Of course a talented developer can always implement some fingerprinting JavaScipt that is delivered by the First Party (the website you visit). If this JavaScript is embedded in the site’s HTML code (not loaded from a separate URL) this can hardly be blocked. But with such a script usually no cross-site tracking / profiling can take place. This is what most fingerprinting tests do conduct - First Party Javacript tests. 🤔
In conclusion, these tests are more of a „proof of concept“ of fingerprinting rather then reflecting the real risk of third party profiling. Personally, I have very low privacy concerns if a first party recognizes my previous visit. But I have big concerns if omni present (third party) data collectors centrally record all my visited sites and clicks I make.
With eBlocker we combine IP anonymization, blocking Third Party trackers and disguising the device by modifying the so called UserAgent. This is as much as you can do on the network level. And yes, here we try to update the UserAgent frequently to be among the mass of users - for „hiding in the masses“.
For more background: Check out the talk from the eBlocker founder about the principals of tracking and anonymization (first video on page, German only) https://datenschutz-zwecklos.de/blog/2020/12/in-eigener-sache-leidenschaft_fuer_datenschutz/
Last: if you want to fully eliminate the risk of First Party fingerprinting you need to disable JavaScript in your browser in parallel to keeping eBlocker enabled. But unless you are Edward Snowden, this might be too much „privacy inconvenience“ for a regular user. 🤔😜
I suggest: Forget these tests, rather learn about the principals of privacy protection and use the know-how accordingly - for instance by keeping your eBlocker (maybe with the additional DuckDuckGo filters) enabled. Then you are pretty well covered - as a regular user.😉
THX!