Great for Firefox (which I use), and for all forks...
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FoundFootFootage78 - 1mon
Finally, I've wanted this for ages but forks like Tor and Mullvad always took the fingerprinting defense too far (with no option to tone it down).
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Kami - 1mon
That's why browsers like Librewolf exist.
Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser are not supposed to be tampered with, else you just defeated their purpose.
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quick_snail @feddit.nl - 1mon
Strong disagree. That literally saves peoples lives.
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Auli @lemmy.ca - 1mon
Literally saved people's lives is a little much.
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quick_snail @feddit.nl - 1mon
Refuges. Whistleblowers. Journalists. Human rights workers.
Israel, United States, Iran, China, Russia.
Loads of examples where this tech literally saves peoples lives.
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FoundFootFootage78 - 1mon
Lives are good and all, but I paid for my whole screen and so I'm damn well gonna use my whole screen.
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10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL [any, any] - 1mon
I hate it when my screen is full of fingerprints after I eat crisps like a fatzo
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quick_snail @feddit.nl - 1mon
Cloudflare and captcha take note. Stop fingerprinting us!
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TheProtagonist - 1mon
But... - how do I know that you are human? (/s)
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quick_snail @feddit.nl - 1mon
Doesn't matter. Cache.
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LlilL @lemmy.zip - 1mon
The available screen resolution is the screen height minus 48 pixels.
Isn’t it pointless to change all device screens from their constant size of 1,080 to a reported size of 1,080 - 48 or (whatever x,xxx - 48)?
Why not report x,xxx as random # ? Or does that start to identify more than make one blend in?
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wellheh @lemmy.sdf.org - 1mon
The more unique it is, the more easy to find you. That's why anti-fingerprinting is a problem because removing tracking makes you more unique compared to millions of devices with the same data tracked.
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quick_snail @feddit.nl - 1mon
That would make you more fingerprint able. The idea is to make more computers look the same, not make you unique.
They're saying that they don't tell the site the size of the browser window, but the screen size minus a reasonable margin for the toolbar and stuff
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Fmstrat @lemmy.world - 1mon
The available screen resolution is the screen height minus 48 pixels.
refract in privacy
Mozilla Firefox gets new anti-fingerprinting defenses
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-firefox-gets-new-anti-fingerprinting-defenses/Great for Firefox (which I use), and for all forks...
Finally, I've wanted this for ages but forks like Tor and Mullvad always took the fingerprinting defense too far (with no option to tone it down).
That's why browsers like Librewolf exist.
Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser are not supposed to be tampered with, else you just defeated their purpose.
Strong disagree. That literally saves peoples lives.
Literally saved people's lives is a little much.
Refuges. Whistleblowers. Journalists. Human rights workers.
Israel, United States, Iran, China, Russia.
Loads of examples where this tech literally saves peoples lives.
Lives are good and all, but I paid for my whole screen and so I'm damn well gonna use my whole screen.
I hate it when my screen is full of fingerprints after I eat crisps like a fatzo
Cloudflare and captcha take note. Stop fingerprinting us!
But... - how do I know that you are human? (/s)
Doesn't matter. Cache.
Isn’t it pointless to change all device screens from their constant size of 1,080 to a reported size of 1,080 - 48 or (whatever x,xxx - 48)?
Why not report x,xxx as random # ? Or does that start to identify more than make one blend in?
The more unique it is, the more easy to find you. That's why anti-fingerprinting is a problem because removing tracking makes you more unique compared to millions of devices with the same data tracked.
That would make you more fingerprint able. The idea is to make more computers look the same, not make you unique.
They're saying that they don't tell the site the size of the browser window, but the screen size minus a reasonable margin for the toolbar and stuff
How does this help woth fingerprinting?