It was because I made a comment that said white people are demons.

    • PaulRyansWorkoutTape [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      They can track you based on all kinds of shit ranging from your operating system to the dimensions of your browser window. They can build a profile of all of the actual people behind the usernames based on arrays of finicky shit like that.

        • TheCaconym [any]
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          4 years ago

          Edit: disregard the post bellow; I made a more complete version of it as its own post here.

          To add to his answer, this page from the EFF demonstrates some of the fingerprinting methods he talks about and allows you to see how unique you are.

          A while back I also did a messy, quick write up on the CTH sub before it was banned for bypassing such measures and more generally tightening your security / anonymity online; here is a copy paste (thanks to pushshift keeping all old CTH comments):

          • Stop using intrusive social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter. You can use reddit, but be very careful about doxxing.
          • Use a VPN. A trustworthy one (yes, it costs a bit more).
          • Use Firefox, not proprietary browsers such as Chrome (and when opting for Firefox, take a look at this - be aware that some of those will disable features though, such as zoom levels being consistent depending on the domain name). This will take care of most of fingerprinting.
          • Enable Javascript only selectively with noscript. Be careful.
          • Use ublock, privacy badger and https everywhere, obviously.
          • Use several, separated firefox profiles for different activities: one for reddit, one for shopping online, etc.
          • If you can, use Linux/BSD OSes. If you're worried about video games, it's 2020: almost all of them work fine with dxvk under Linux if you're prepared to work a bit on it.
          • Use a user-agent switcher on all your firefox profiles, especially if you're on Linux/BSD: completes the fingerprinting protection. Pretend you're the most common UA, under Windows.
          • For more dangerous stuff, hacktivism and the like: use tor on top of the above, ideally on top of using public access points or close wifi ones you hack. Change the way you write comments and your usual writing habits when you change identities.

          It takes a lot of effort, though.

        • PaulRyansWorkoutTape [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          After they got me after like 24 hours of making a new account on a VPN I did some research.

          https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/31/think-youre-anonymous-online-third-popular-websites-are-fingerprinting-you/

          “Fingerprinting is designed to be user-hostile,” said Jackson. “It even takes the fact that you don’t want to be tracked as a parameter to make your fingerprint more unique.”