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chameleon

Browser fingerprinting protection for everybody.

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What it is

Browser fingerprinting protection for everybody.

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Observed mentions: 2014-05-23 19:12:59 UTC to 2016-05-19 14:04:02 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
May 2014	2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-06-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Jun 2014	2014-06-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 2014	2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1	0
Aug 2014	2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Sep 2014	2014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Oct 2014	2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Nov 2014	2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Dec 2014	2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Jan 2015	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Feb 2015	2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 2015	2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Apr 2015	2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
May 2015	2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jun 2015	2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 2015	2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Aug 2015	2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Sep 2015	2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Oct 2015	2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Nov 2015	2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Dec 2015	2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jan 2016	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Feb 2016	2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 2016	2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Apr 2016	2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
May 2016	2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1

What Hacker News says

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englehardt·May 19, 2016

There have been a couple plugins which try to address this question: Chameleon (https://github.com/ghostwords/chameleon), which is still in early stages, and FireGloves (https://fingerprint.pet-portal.eu/?menu=6), which was built by a research group (not sure it's still supported). Also a great paper on this topic: http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/209989/tr1.pdf

In Online tracking: A 1-million-site measurement and analysis

mcarrano·Nov 23, 2015

Haven't used it myself but you may want to check out - https://github.com/ghostwords/chameleon

In Baffling Web Trackers by Obfuscating Your Movements Online

plausibility·Apr 25, 2015

That's the point of Chameleon[1]. I've got it installed, and the issue is a lot of websites assume "oh, they don't have $plugin (e.g., Flash) installed", and don't fallback to something reasonable. So there are edge cases where you'd have to disable it. Otherwise, it's pretty effective. [1] https://github.com/ghostwords/chameleon

In In defense of Tor routers

nacs·Jan 15, 2015

> Is there a "blend in more" plugin? There's a Chrome extension called Chameleon ( https://github.com/ghostwords/chameleon ) that attempts to cut down on fingerprinting.

In HTML5 Canvas Fingerprinter

thirsteh·Dec 27, 2014

Indeed. Some interesting research is being done on this: https://github.com/ghostwords/chameleon

In 1MB+ of HTTP overhead due to TowerData cookies

sdeframond·Jul 22, 2014Submission

Chameleon: browser fingerprinting protection for everybody

9 points · Open discussion

ghostwords·May 23, 2014

Here is a browserify/watchify-based script I use for building a browser extension's JS bundles: https://github.com/ghostwords/chameleon/blob/master/tools/bu... The script - Creates multiple bundles, with Underscore template precompilation and source code minification (for some bundles). - Converts every vendor library into shared modules (you don't want Underscore included in every bundle that needs it, but you want to be able to require() it in those bundles). - Monitors your files for changes and recompiles bundles as needed when run with --watch. I found working with Browserify a pleasant experience after RequireJS and r.js (its build tool).

In Browserify handbook