Test: Chrome keeps one fingerprint ID across cookie-free visits, Brave doesn't
A home-made test found Chrome returned the same fingerprint ID e08e953c on 5 of 5 visits with a fresh empty profile and zero cookies, while Brave with default shields produced 5 different IDs. In Chrome all 7 signals matched; in Brave the canvas hash, audio sum and CPU core count varied.
- Chrome: same ID e08e953c on 5 of 5 cookie-free visits
- Brave: 5 different IDs across 5 visits with fingerprint blocking on
- In Brave the canvas hash, audio sum and CPU core count (7, 4, 8, 7, 7) changed
- Tested on Mac M1 Pro with Chrome 155, Brave 155 and Playwright 1.64 headless
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