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ggeorgovassilis on Jan 4, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tor Anonymity: Things Not to Do

I suspect kpcyrd's point is that by not auto-updating, you stick out like a fly in the milk. Software versions (like browser versions, plugin versions) can be queried [1] and used to almost uniquely identify you.

[1] http://detectmybrowser.com/

michaelt on Jan 4, 2016 [–]

Right - but if your browser and OS signature is "the latest version of tails" [1] then presumably you look identical to other users of the same live CD?

[1] https://tails.boum.org/

bartread on Jan 4, 2016 | [–]

Yep, all four of them.

I (probably) exaggerate, but the problem is that your anonymity pool is now very small.

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