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[–]bazuka 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Not just cookies, browser program and version, installed extensions and other stuff I can not recollect. But overall it did a good job of fingerprinting. There was a website that tested if your setup would be easily fingerprinted but can't remember the url, perhaps someone in here can help.

[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

browser program and version

From the PHP function get_browser() and $_SERVER variable.

installed extensions and other stuff

What function in any backend programming language retrieves installed extensions? A user could install a thousand extensions. In order for that information to retrieved by the server, it has to be sent by the client. The client would potentially have to send millions of bytes of information on installed extensions--good luck on mobile sneaking that past the client, even if you could.

"Browser fingerprinting" is limited to cookies and some vague information about the capabilities of their browser.

[–]bazuka 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Check this out then: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The website doesn't work for me. I quit after 10 seconds of loading.