I’m still trying to wrap my head around fingerprinting, so excuse my ignorance. Doesn’t an installed plugin such as Canvas Blocker make you more uniquely identifiable? My reasoning is that very few people have this plugin relatively speaking.
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masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 days agoYou can also use canvas blocker add-on.
Use their containers feature and make a google container so that all google domains go to that container.
If you want to get crazy, in either set in about:config or make yourself a user.is file in your Firefox profile directory and eliminate all communication with google.
:::spoiler google shit user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.allowOverride”, false); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled”, false); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled”, false); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous”, false); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous_host”, false); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_potentially_unwanted”, > user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_uncommon”, false); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled”, false); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled”, false); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled”, false); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.advisoryName”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.advisoryURL”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.lists”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.advisoryName”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.advisoryURL”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharingURL”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.gethashURL”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.lists”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.pver”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportURL”, “”); user_pref(“browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.updateURL”, “”); :::
Chulk@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
Iirc, Websites can’t query addons unless those addons manipulate the DOM in a way that exposes themselves.
They can query extensions.
Addons are things installed inside the browser. Like uBlock, HTTPS Everywhere, Firefox Containerr, etc.
Extensions are installed outside the browser. Such as Flashplayer, the Gnome extensions installer, etc.
RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
Further: the Canvas API doesn’t have any requirements on rendering accuracy.
By deferring to the GPU, font library, etc, tracking code can generate an image that is in most cases unique to your machine.
So blocking the Canvas API would return a 0. Which is less unique than what it would be normally.
happydoors@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Maybe if they can connect you to your other usage but it’s probably more of their resources and such a small % of the population that it isn’t worth the time to subvert? Idk just guessing here
Bluefruit@lemmy.world 3 days ago
This is why I like Lemmy, never knew canvas blocker was a thing. Thank you.
Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Or you just switch to LibreWolf where all these settings are already set. It even comes with uBlock preinstalled.