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Re:Am I Unique? by PeterisP on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @07:42PM (#19213518)
"adds random noise to hidden canvas invocations" sounds as clearly signaling you're using something-like-canvas-defender, which is likely very unusual and thus makes you more unique.
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Re:Am I Unique? by RonanTheGrey on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:35PM (#19222643)
The noise is different every hour, meaning that basically the canvas can't be used as a signal. It's not a perfect solution (my useragent string is more unique, which annoys me) but it is better than a 100% identifiable canvas.
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Re:Am I Unique? by westmeal on Friday February 22, 2019 @11:08AM (#19226437)
There are add ons to randomize your User Agent string. Just set it to something like Windows & Chrome v whatever
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