How effective is it for online privacy? I have been using it for some time and it tends to break some sites like banking websites and twitch. I haven’t messed around a lot with the config except allowing DRM and setting up a start page.

I am wondering if using arkenfox/user.js is making my browsing fingerprint unique and whether there are better alternatives for privacy focused browsers.

  • br3adOP
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    1 year ago

    I have kept the ResistFingerprinting enabled for now. It doesn’t impact 90% of my browsing experience.

    Do you need to regularly check for updates on the GitHub for the user.js or should I not bother once I have configured it to my liking?

    I appreciate the info. Thanks!

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      1 year ago

      In the ArkenFox zip there’s a updater.bat (Windows) or updater.sh (Linux) script which will pull the latest user.js. I do run this periodically as FF settings will for sure evolve over time with new versions, absolutely.

      You could probably schedule these with a task scheduler/cron if you wanted.