What Is a Fingerprint and How Can I Stop Websites from Tracking Me?

Modern websites use a lot of different scripts to instruct the browser about what to do. Some of these scripts tell the browser to pass private information such as your operating system, version of the OS, apps you are using, installed fonts, screen resolution, and many more.
This information is then compiled into a profile to create your device fingerprint to track you around the web. It is known as browser fingerprinting or device fingerprinting. You can prevent websites from tracking you by u