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I have switched to explicit cookie whitelisting, and a browser cache that automatically wipes at application quit. I'm sure I can probably still be fingerprinted somehow, but I hope I have reduced the low-hanging fruit.


Fonts strike me as particular low-hanging fruit, especially when targeting developers (who often like to customize everything - and fonts high on the list).

In the context of a browser, how much does anything else matter if you have installed some particular programming font?


Pretty interesting how many bits of identifying information are available based on system fonts.

if you've never seen EFF's Panopticlick check out https://panopticlick.eff.org


There should be a browser that explicitly attempts to present the blandest, most common profile to websites to foil tracking.


Firefox in the Tor Browser Bundle does some of this


Well I have switched to offline Stackoverflow, Wikipedia and Khan academy, all my media from no js torrent site and all news sites blocked with stay focused. Lets see you beat that :p


I never heard of a Stackoverflow offering a full download. Is this the link you used? https://archive.org/details/stackexchange


How is one supposed to browse these files once un-zipped? I will be honest and admit I am ignorant to XML and had trouble finding a solution after some quick googling. Any help would be appreciated.


Not exactly sure. That is why I asked if @hu87 downloaded from a different / better formatted source.


Hu80 linked to what he uses. http://www.kiwix.org/. Not sure if you will get a notification or not since he replied to my comment.


Cool thanks for the reply. If you find something better and get a chance, let me know, I'd be very appreciative. I'll take a look this evening and let you know if I find anything.


Kiwix.org

Code for all platforms available on github.


Thank you!


I use kiwix-js


Where do people obtain offline copies of stackoverflow ?


Check out kiwix.org they have all the dumps and readers. Even full text search works for many archives




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