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unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
ngwoo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s really strange how they specifically mention HTML5 canvas when you can run any fingerprinter test on the internet and see that Firefox does nothing to obfuscate that. You can run a test in Incognito mode, start a new session on a VPN, run another test, and on Firefox your fingerprint will be identical.
icydefiance@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Well yeah, they’re just blocking known fingerprinting services. If you use a tool that they don’t recognize, it’ll still work.
The only alternative is probably to disable WebGL entirely, which isn’t a reasonable thing to do by default.
veniasilente@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I wish Firefox had a per-site or per-domain preference for WebGL (as well as for wasm, etc), the same way we have per-site cookies or notifs preferences. It’d help clear most issues regarding this.