Why YSK: Websites on the internet often try to uniquely identify your device, this extension attempts to prevent that and make it hard for them to do so.

  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I tried that and then one of those “how common is your fingerprint” websites said my fingerprint was unique. Literally fucking unique.

    I think it was the EFF site.

    Might have something to do with other extensions I have installed like Canvas Blocker, uMatrix, etc.

    Fuck, even in Mull on my phone where I only have a few extentions installed: uBlock Origin, cookie auto delete, local CDN, and a cookie consent blocker.

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      1 month ago

      As you suggested, I suspect it’s the rare combination of additional extensions that’s contributing to your uniqueness in a fingerprinting sense.

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        I tried turning them all off and nothing changed. Same result with the Duck Duck Go browser set on Android. Unique fingerprint. And I have no extensions. I wonder if my VPN is part of the fingerprint. I did read a lot of the explanation of what fingerprints you, but I didn’t see VPN in there. I should do a search on that page to see.