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They explain their methodology and some defenses in a linked paper (PDF):

https://panopticlick.eff.org/browser-uniqueness.pdf

All in all it's pretty scary though. My browser is unique among 5.3 million or something. And then there's the algorithm they mention that can detect fingerprint changes with 99.1% accuracy, and be used to do things like recreate cookies that you deleted.



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