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submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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] 13 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Librewold + ublock origin + canvas blocker in help to u

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

i thought librewolf already has some canvas fingerprint blocking?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

It does. You may need to enable it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Yes it does ,but canvas blocker doing much more advance blocking also u can change a lot parameters in there for faking

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Thanks, maybe CanvasBlocker will be less breaking than JShelter. By the way, I recommend AdNauseam, which is a uBlock Origin fork that clicks the ads before hiding them (and without loading their results, so it takes no extra data) to confound advertisers with garbage data.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Plus Mullvad VPN.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

NoScript

It will be annoying to use AT FIRST. One you have it set up for all your sites it won't be so bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No script cannot protect u from on websites which require js for work and thus it cannot protect u from creepjs things and so it required to spoof everything from resolution to os fingerprints

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Yes, but it blocks many external scripts from running in the first plce. Like, a LOT. Some websites try to pull from 20 external sites when only one or two are needed to run the site's functionality. You get fine control, and also get the no-JS experience first.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Tor Browser. You just described part of a fingerprint, tbb is a more common print.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I don't trust for browser if honestly https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-145/

Before they were spoofing user agent now not hidding