Open a New Private Window or Tab with Tor

code3

@luetage I don't really like cover your tracks because it doesn't try to assign unique ID like an advertiser would. I have used this instead:
https://drbh.github.io/wasm-fingerprint/

code3

@greybeard Having a unique fingerprint doesn't mean companies can track you, the unique fingerprint must be the same each time. Try the wasm link I shared, reload the page, and test in a private window. Likely, you will have the same fingerprint each time. Then install an extension like Trace/AbsoluteDoubleTrace. The wasm fingerprint library can still generate a unique ID, but it will be different each time.
Coveryourtracks will still tell you that you are unique, but if an advertiser actually wanted to track you, it would be extremely hard.
Also I believe that Vivaldi blocks some of the sites that would track you before they can even load their JS, through their tracker blocker.

code3

For non-french speakers the workaround is this:

install tor (sudo apt install tor on linux)
run vivaldi with the command switch --proxy-server="socks5://127.00.1:9050"
See here to color-code icon launchers
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/58497/green-vivaldi-icon/4?_=1616277904232

dude99

@code3 This will work with Tor browser too right? Like start up Tor browser first before launching the Vivaldi shortcut with the command.

luetage

@code3 It’s not as simple as that, you should really read up on it. Website operators can distinguish Tor users from normal users. The more you stand out as a Tor user, the more unique you become, the easier it is to distinguish you from everybody else. Brave knows this and doesn’t hide the circumstance. At least Brave’s user base is around 5 times bigger than Vivaldi’s, but I wouldn’t recommend using Tor in it either.

And yeah, you might as well install the Tor Onion Router yourself and run your traffic through it, makes more sense than implementing Tor in Vivaldi. But again, it’s better for everyone using Tor when you use the Tor Browser.

code3

@luetage Yes, but if your screen size, browser, fonts installed, cookies, canvas fingerprint, and other things change daily, wouldn’t it be hard to fingerprint you?

code3

@dude99 on my computer - Linux - the tor service started always running in the background as soon as I installed it (sudo apt install tor) so no need to do that, but it could be different on yours. I can’t guarantee absolute anonymity but it should make it hard for the companies to track you, as long as you turn ad and tracker blocker on and limit cookies and fingerprinting. You could set cookies to auto clear and save your passwords.

Zalex108

@code3 said in Open a New Private Window or Tab with Tor:

@dude99 on my computer - Linux - the tor service started always running in the background as soon as I installed it (sudo apt install tor) so no need to do that, but it could be different on yours. I can’t guarantee absolute anonymity but it should make it hard for the companies to track you, as long as you turn ad and tracker blocker on and limit cookies and fingerprinting. You could set cookies to auto clear and save your passwords.

"Recently" tracking by Favicons was discovered.

You would like to check it as well.

code3

@Zalex108 So fav icons are not routed through a proxy? Do I need to block them?

Zalex108

@code3 said in Open a New Private Window or Tab with Tor:

@Zalex108 So fav icons are not routed through a proxy? Do I need to block them?

Proxy?

Favicons tracking

code3

@Zalex108 said in Open a New Private Window or Tab with Tor:

@code3 said in Open a New Private Window or Tab with Tor:

@Zalex108 So fav icons are not routed through a proxy? Do I need to block them?

Proxy?

Favicons tracking

I read the post, but is it actually a concern? (Tor is treated as a proxy by chromium, if the favicons are routed through the proxy it should be fine.)

code3

@luetage I have looked into this more and it seems that I could still be uniquely identifiable using Tor in Vivaldi, but maybe not if I use fingerprinting extensions. I have tried Tor browser but Vivaldi is just SO much nicer to use.

The best fingerprinter I have found is a paid proprietary service which shows quite a lot about online privacy: https://fingerprintjs.com/

You must delete cache to fool it.

I still think that using Tor in Vivaldi on sites I do not trust is worth it because an IP address is very identifiable on a home network.

Apparently Brave’s implementation of Tor had a DNS leak and is not very good. I also don’t like it to be only for private windows as I prefer to save browsing history and cache and cookies (which J delete automatically later)

Because Knowledge is Power I also have an extension for fingerprint warning:
https://github.com/ghostwords/chameleon
It is old so it would be great to hear of another one.

For some fingerprint prevention I use ScriptSafe, for WebRTC and others I use Trace, for fonts, “Block all font and glyph detection” extension.

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For anyone using Tor in V please make sure you block WebRTC!

code3

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