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A comment on Firefox to add Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique called letterboxing. Parent comment

Re:Firefox to add Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique ... by cimmanom on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @08:01PM (#19324686)
Yes, but how do you keep the client from then sending that data to the server?
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Re:Firefox to add Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique ... by beatgammit on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @10:16PM (#19325277)
You can't. Even if you block JavaScript, they can still get it from CSS media queries, where the can say which file to download given a certain screen size.

The best solution is to use the same screen size as everyone else so you don't stand out. And that's what this does.

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Re:Firefox to add Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique ... by cimmanom on Thursday March 07, 2019 @07:03AM (#19327348)
Right, that’s what I’m saying. Keeping the data client side as ggp suggests is not possible.
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