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		mbrubeck on Aug 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 87% of the U.S. Population are uniquely identified... The EFF has done some research on that question: https://panopticlick.eff.org/

delluminatus on Aug 31, 2011 | [–]

Interesting -- using NoScript reduced my "bits of information" from 20 to 14. I would have expected it to increase the uniqueness of my browser.

bobds on Aug 31, 2011 | | [–]

They can get considerably less data if you don't have Javascript enabled.

nkassis on Aug 30, 2011 | [–]

hmmmm..... Looks like I should use IE instead of chrome.

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