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On the internet, it’s easy to feel anonymous. If you don’t log in, no one can see who you are; you can even switch to incognito mode. The more savvy user would say that’s not really enough. To be anonymous, you need to clear your cookies and use a privacy-oriented browser.

But new research shows even that doesn’t work anymore. Websites are still tracking you — silently, persistently, and without your consent — by reading your browser’s unique “fingerprint.”

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Extensions themselves are also frowned upon by privacy advocates because anything that modifies or restricts the DOM/javascript/etc. can itself be detected and used as yet another data point to identify someone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

More reason why script blocking and ad blocking should be native in Firefox (or whoever is gonna succeed them) with at least the same depth as uBO.

Heck, just adopt and incorporate uBO into the engine.