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Would using Tor prevent fingerprinting or at least minimise the collection of data? I log in to Reddit by Tor nowadays.
If you mean Tor the network no, it just hides your IP. If you mean Tor the browser yes, it has all kinds of privacy features.
isnt the tor browser just firefox?
It's a highly customized version of Firefox preconfigured to be more anonymous.