This project is a proof of concept that any website can identify and track you, even if you are using private browsing or incognito mode in your web browser. Many people think that they can hide their identity if they are using private browsing or incognito mode. This project will prove that they are wrong.
- Visit http://www.nothingprivate.ml and enter your name
- Click the "See the magic" button
- Visit the same website in Private browsing / Incognito mode
- See the magic β
Hope you are surprised! π Yes, the website can remember your name even if you had visited it via private browsing or incognito mode. Yes, nothing is private in this world anymore! This is what the big companies are doing with your identity. You think that going into private mode will wipe out all the traces? Absolutely not! In reality, using private browsing or incognito mode will just help you to clear your browsing history. Your internet service provider, search engines, and your favorite websites can still track you. They know your likes and dislikes. They use your data to earn money. The video below explains everything:
Yes, nothing is free...
You can prevent browser fingerprinting by using some of the browsers listed in secure browsers list curated by the community. You can also prevent tracking by installing tools like AdGuard.
Browser fingerprinting is just an example of several ways that can be used to track your identity. For some others visit Freecodecamp blog. Here's a picture from the blog that explains the current situation:
- https://privatebrowsingmyths.com/
- https://panopticlick.eff.org/
- https://amiunique.org/
- https://www.pcworld.com/article/192648/browser_fingerprints.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fingerprint
- https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/12/01/browser-fingerprints-the-invisible-cookies-you-cant-delete/
- https://spreadprivacy.com/browser-fingerprinting/
Nothing Private uses the browser fingerprinting feature of Client.js to obtain the fingerprint of your web browser. When you submit the form, this fingerprint is saved, along with your name in an MySQL database using PHP as a backend. The next time you visit the website your browser fingerprint is matched with the column in the database and your name is returned.
Visit db_server for the server files. (See historical SQLite version of the backend code).
Feel free to modify the code and open any pull requests.
- Add more links
- Fix any typos
You can run nothing private locally via docker using the commands below:
git clone git@github.com:gautamkrishnar/nothing-private.git
cd nothing-private
docker-compose up -d # use --build to update image if you do 'git pull'Visit http://localhost/
Special thanks to these rockstars:
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Thanks to the 200Kβ users.
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Thanks to IssueHunt for sponsoring this project:
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Thanks to DuckDuckGo for this tweet.
- Thanks to CloudFlare for their support and PRO Plan Sponsorship.
- Thanks to AdGuard for sponsoring me a premium plan membership:
- 000Webhost for hosting the API:
- 33giga.com.br for the blog post.
- Thanks to everyone who tweeted about this.
- Thanks to TechCycle for this demo video.
- Thanks Joe for https://pnut.io/.
- Thanks to the @Mozilla community for discussing privacy issues. Some users even reported that nothing private is even working correctly with the latest version of Firefox Focus. They created an issue for it.
- https://softwarelivre.org/.
If you are having trouble using this project, please open a new issue and describe your problem.
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