tjaden,
@tjaden@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Jokes on you! I use a Firefox extension that spoofs my browser profile. addons.mozilla.org/en-US/…/chameleon-ext/

judas,

Man, I remember I scared the crap out of trolls on Reddit when we started arguing over DM, and I added a link to a meme that tracked their IP and system info (without them knowing ofc). Let’s just say they went AFK quickly after that. Good times!

Forcen,

Easiest way to stop this from happening is to use ublock origin to block all third party request on your instance.

One way to do this is via dynamic filtering. This is for advanced users so be sure to read the info page: github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering

(Consider backing up your ublock settings before doing this)

If you are using lemmy.ml your rule would be this:


<span style="color:#323232;">lemmy.ml * 3p block
</span>

if you’re using another instance then change the domain or use both rules cause you might end up visiting the others as well. Note that adding this rule wont work unless enable advanced features in ublock origin.

EDIT: THIS MIGHT BREAK THINGS ON YOUR INSTANCE, its recommended to learn how to use dynamic filtering to unbreak it: github.com/…/Dynamic-filtering:-quick-guideIf it breaks stuff just remove that rule.

You could also block it using static filters but I can’t remember how to do that exactly, if you know please reply below.

Anticorp,

Oh neat, Jerboa doesn’t identify itself. Cool.

charlytune,
@charlytune@mander.xyz avatar

I get “unknown (mobile?) client” using Jerboa

Automated_Footprint, (edited )
@Automated_Footprint@sh.itjust.works avatar

Same on Sync (You are viewing this from an unknown (mobile?) client)

And on infinity (You are viewing this from Android)

rektifier,

I’m fine with this. Instances shouldn’t proxy or cache images because it opens instance owners to a lot more liability than text. A client side setting to not load images in comments by default is better.

FancyFeaster,

Each instance stores post thumbnails locally even if the post was on another server. It actually takes up quite a bit of hdd space.

skymtf,
@skymtf@pricefield.org avatar

I feel like there isn’t a real way to fix this, since lemmy isn’t a single service, like I can choose any image host I want. The only way I could think of would be to have your instance download the images but that’s currently not even support on the mastodon alike platforms even. The only thing you can do on Mastodon that I’m aware of is cache the images on your own server which could get costly

mub,

All these people correcting the result effectively giving useful data to improve data collection and detection methods.

coffeeguy,

VPN using Librewolf user checking in. This post got nothing on me.

Feugnis,

The image doesn’t load on alexandrite

loudWaterEnjoyer,
@loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

unknown device?

scottywh,

unkown

JudahBenHur,

The unkown sounds pretty fucking scary to me

TriLinder,
@TriLinder@lemmy.ml avatar

Oh, how did I not notice that before? Now should be fixed.

scottywh,

Still says unkown for me.

kratoz29,

It kinda knows.

TriLinder,
@TriLinder@lemmy.ml avatar

The user-agent detection definitely isn’t great. If it doesn’t recognize a client, it just says unknown. But that wasn’t the main point of the post anyway, this was just meant as a quick proof of concept for anyone curious.

loudWaterEnjoyer,
@loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Whats the point of unknown?

superkret,

It tells me I’m an unknown client. Viewing from Jerboa on a Gigaset GX290 phone without an NLP provider or Google Play Services.

KidsTryThisAtHome,
@KidsTryThisAtHome@lemmy.world avatar

I’m also on jerboa, but a Samsung with GPS, and it also tells me unknown device. Must be jerboa

sfgifz,

It says unknown (mobile?) client for me too, using Sync with Bluetooth and location enabled and Play Store Services installed.

Whoever wrote that image tracking over-hyped it?

TriLinder,
@TriLinder@lemmy.ml avatar

The user-agent detection definitely isn’t great, this was just meant as a quick proof of concept for anyone curios.

Anticorp,

It successfully identified Firefox when I checked it from the browser. Maybe some of the apps don’t identify themselves in the useragent string?

synae,
@synae@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I would’ve hoped that lemmy users on a c called privacy would understand the technology better, but I guess not.

skullgiver, (edited )
@skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

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    mim,

    Thanks for the heads-up.

    Routing my Lemmy mobile app through orbot from now on. Seems to have fixed the issue.

    WndyLady,

    I wonder why the Baltimore community is so dead, then.

    max,

    Finally. Someone noticed 🥹

    vithigar,

    Joke’s on you. IP geolocation where I am is an unreliable mess and your image got it wrong by about 1000km!

    newIdentity,

    Hey. I wanted to do this tomorrow.

    Well I have a new idea which is pretty similar

    skullgiver, (edited )
    @skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

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    newIdentity,

    I’m plannig to make one of these “dox’d memes” where someone says something controversial and another one answers with the ip address.

    mojo,

    Woah this is really cool. Though I was way off for me and I’m not on a VPN right now.

    icepuncher69,

    Great, hot milfs near my location

    TwinTusks,

    Location is right, but I highly doubt anyone near me is using Lemmy (dictatorship here).

    kabobglance,

    You have the code for this? Very interested in how you implemented it

    skullgiver, (edited )
    @skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

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    kabobglance,

    Damn, PHP is such a sleeper of a language, I always forget how useful it can be.Thanks for sharing!

    scottywh,

    PHP is pretty damn awesome really… Sad that it’s gone out of favor IMHO

    skullgiver, (edited )
    @skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

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    kabobglance,

    Nice, sounds like it’s getting modernized. I’ll have to give it another round, thanks!

    Anticorp,

    PHP is the OG bad-ass for getting shit done. No setup, no compile, no deployment pipelines. Hell, you can create and write the files right there on the server with nothing more than an SSH terminal if you want.

    Rinnarrae,
    @Rinnarrae@beehaw.org avatar

    I was wondering for a second why my town of all places was posted lmao. Also made me realize I forgot to turn my vpn back on.

    June,

    It’s got me about an hour from where I actually am

    altima_neo,
    @altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

    Hah, not my town, but close. That’s where my ISP is located though.

    LucyLastic,

    This is great, because it located me about a full day’s drive from where I live, so I’m still pretty anonymous :-)

    TriLinder,
    @TriLinder@lemmy.ml avatar

    Thought about adding the user’s location, but was worried PythonAnywhere could somehow cache the image between multiple people. A great demo though!

    Anticorp,

    You can run Geolocation with images now? What the heck? How?

    lightstream,

    It’s not the image, it’s a normal image. The server does the hard work when you make the request, and then it just builds the image accordingly.

    Anticorp,

    Yeah I saw OPs explanation in the comments. That is fucking cool! And scary! I’ve never needed to generate images with code before, so Ive never even considered something like this before.

    moitoi,

    I’m not using a VPN and the location isn’t accurate.

    lFenix,
    @lFenix@lemmy.ml avatar

    I’m not using a VPN or anything and it got my location wrong by 700 kilometers 🤔

    RickyRigatoni,
    @RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml avatar

    Are you sure you are where you think you are? When’s the last time you looked outside?

    TechieDamien,

    Oh no! I’ve been kidnapped!

    remotedev,

    My location is accurate, to give some good feedback on your program too lol

    skankhunt42,
    @skankhunt42@lemmy.ca avatar

    I hate this so much. Its super cool but MAN what the hell. I don’t think I’m going to ever turn off my VPN anymore. I’m in a super small town and that image is correct.

    It’s cached somewhere because I can’t get it to update. Maybe time for a new account too. Hmmmm

    skullgiver, (edited )
    @skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

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    skankhunt42,
    @skankhunt42@lemmy.ca avatar

    Yeah, app cache had to be cleared. We good

    minorsecond,

    I’ll be damned. I tried this from three different platforms and you’ve nailed it.

    kostel_thecreed,

    I’m using Firefox on Mac and it thought I was on windows. Still a big issue though.

    some_guy,

    It said I’m on Mac OS X, but that’s wrong. It’s been macOS for some years now. /s

    It still makes me wanna cry.

    TriLinder,
    @TriLinder@lemmy.ml avatar

    Yeah, I just use whatever the user_agents Python library gives me as user_agent.os.family.

    ZeroHora,
    @ZeroHora@lemmy.ml avatar

    User Agent Switcher and Manager

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