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Panopticlick doesn't use everything available. WebGL alone adds an additional 5.11 bits of entropy[1]. Other things such as your local network address from WebRTC, core count, etc. all can add a lot more entropy for fingerprinting.

[1]: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1503.01408.pdf



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