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Firefox expands fingerprint protections

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Re: Firefox expands fingerprint protections

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Post by ravenstine »

tmtvl wrote: post #2

I'm already using CanvasBlocker, Decentraleyes, and the NoScript Security Suite; but getting more protections will be nice. Even if it may take a while for them to land in Waterfox.

How is your browsing experience with that stuff? I used to go nuts with anti-tracking measures, but enough of my browsing experience kept breaking that it just didn't feel worth it.

Re: Firefox expands fingerprint protections

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Post by MathMonkeyMan »

ravenstine wrote: post #3
tmtvl wrote: post #2

I'm already using CanvasBlocker, Decentraleyes, and the NoScript Security Suite; but getting more protections will be nice. Even if it may take a while for them to land in Waterfox.

How is your browsing experience with that stuff? I used to go nuts with anti-tracking measures, but enough of my browsing experience kept breaking that it just didn't feel worth it.

I use LibreWolf at work, and I exempt most internal sites from aggressive anti-tracking stuff, but otherwise it works fine.

Re: Firefox expands fingerprint protections

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Post by zuhsetaqi »

Dwedit wrote: post #4

Adding noise to images sounds like a really bad idea. It will mess with any Javascript code which performs processing on images. Try writing a photo editor in Javascript and watch your browser corrupt your images.

Like the articel says those features can be disabled on a per site basis.

Re: Firefox expands fingerprint protections

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Post by hku333 »

tmtvl wrote: post #2

I'm already using CanvasBlocker, Decentraleyes, and the NoScript Security Suite; but getting more protections will be nice. Even if it may take a while for them to land in Waterfox.

You are actually easier to track using these addons.

By installing Canvasblocker, Decentraleyes and NoScript you are providing more entropy to trackers and thus making it easier to track you. Imagine how many people worldwide block specifically Canvas, have weird looking network requests to certain js libs and have JS disabled for some (/all) scripts combined with your general setup (window size, font size, and many other factors that do not even require JS).

The Tor project explicitly suggests to not install an adblocker for example because of this.

Re: Firefox expands fingerprint protections

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Post by pona-a »

I wish them the best. When I last tested it on fingerprint.com, the hash remained stable even with resistFingerprinting and letterboxing from a VPN, only changing between profiles. When I daily-drove resistFingerprinting (not reduceFingerprinting that permits exceptions like dark mode) in 2021, my hash changed every restart.

Re: Firefox expands fingerprint protections

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Post by tmtvl »

ravenstine wrote: post #3
tmtvl wrote: post #2

I'm already using CanvasBlocker, Decentraleyes, and the NoScript Security Suite; but getting more protections will be nice. Even if it may take a while for them to land in Waterfox.

How is your browsing experience with that stuff? I used to go nuts with anti-tracking measures, but enough of my browsing experience kept breaking that it just didn't feel worth it.

It's fine. Sometimes I get annoyed by websites which require JavaScript to show static text (apparently HTML is too difficult?) or which block me with a 'please unblock challenges.cloudflare.com to proceed' (that second one seriously pisses me off when I see it on, for example, the website of the Belgian railways), but by and large I'm fine with just saying 'if it breaks I don't need it'. But I handle my e-mail with isync, mu, and mu4e; and as far as I understand e-mail tends to be a sticking point for those who care for their digital rights. I also don't have Xitter or Facebook or any of that nonsense.

If there's one thing I don't like its the fact that NoScript doesn't integrate with Multi-Account Containers. It would be neat if instead of having to temporarily allow GitHub JavaScript and re-disable it when I'm done; I could just allow GH JS in a GitHub or Microsoft container and it only being enabled in that container.

Re: Firefox expands fingerprint protections

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Post by Dwedit »

zuhsetaqi wrote: post #6
Dwedit wrote: post #4

Adding noise to images sounds like a really bad idea. It will mess with any Javascript code which performs processing on images. Try writing a photo editor in Javascript and watch your browser corrupt your images.

Like the articel says those features can be disabled on a per site basis.

You are able to toggle these specific named categories:

* Cookies

* Tracking Content

* Cryptominers

* Known Fingerprinters

* Suspected Fingerprinters

But there is no separate toggle for the feature that adds noise to the image, or indication of which toggle would affect that.

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