Re:Block Fingerprinting with Firefox
by dylan604 on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:56PM
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FF is my primary browser, yet people I know that work in security laugh at me as they claim FF is always the first browser to fail in the hacker games. I don't know enough about why, but I'd love for that to not be a thing. Taking into account my threat profile (types of sites I visit, JS blocking, etc), I feel the hacking risk is still a worth while trade off for the lack of tracking.
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"People I know that work in security" is vague and non descriptive.
To be fair, you did follow it up:
> as they claim FF is always the first browser to fail in the hacker games
What are their sources? I also "know such people" and I am unaware of such claims. If one uses Kali Linux, it has Mozilla Firefox as default browser. The same for Debian (on which Kali is based upon).
The thing is, you can harden your browser after installation. The first thing I do with a browser is installing uBlock Origin and uMatrix.
I've heard that too.. I know it's been attacked successfully at pwn2own a few times, and in the past the sandbox on e.g. Linux wasn't as restricted.
I think things have improved though.
Re:Block Fingerprinting with Firefox
by whatamidoingyo on Friday May 31, 2019 @01:44PM
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There are more vulnerabilities in FF, or so I've heard. But most people I know in security love firefox, especially because of how easy it is to setup with tools like Burp Suite.