I did the tests on fingerprint.com/demo/ and https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ and they both said I have a unique fingerprint, even when I enabled privacy.resistFingerprinting to True.

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Both my browser and network level dns blocker blocked the test attacker site from loading but in general there are 2 approaches to this: minimize your fingerprint data points or change them to blend in with the crowd.

I think for the most part selectivly blocking js and cookies will do a lot for you. You can also block the canvas and limit fonts too. I’d also recommend a vpn as they can associate it with your ip too.

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All good tactics…

It will limit some web functionality but you will notice the services that do that shit are some clown data harvesters…

My bank never gives me an issue… Why does reddit jaja

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Use Tor Browser. Don’t waste your life on micro-optimisation. You will get a lot more privacy with stuff like getting all your friends on Signal/SimpleX, etc.

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You’re absolutely right micro-optimization, I found that I did too much of that in 2022 and 23 and really cut down on that this year, I found that doing so is basically never worth it. I’m not gonna do that with privacy either, I’m focusing on what actions I can take that will make big improvements to my privacy rather than tweak every little thing.

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Use Tor.

Do you mean Tor Browser? Because using Tor alone won’t stop fingerprinting.

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Yeah, edited.

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Try out Librewolf it’s Firefox fork which is hardened out of the box so you don’t have to mess with settings too much.

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Tor Browser is the best way.

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You can try playing with Arkenfox, installing uBlock Origin, fiddling with about:config, and giving yourself an aneurysm…

…or you could try Mullvad Browser. It’s a fork of Firefox, co-developed by Mullvad and The Tor Project, with impressive fingerprinting resistance (according to Cover Your Tracks). It’s like Tor Browser without Tor.

Also, install NoScript. It helps a lot.

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