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Re:Firefox considering off-by-default preference for loading... by humaid on Sunday January 05, 2020 @12:38PM (#21962530)
I am using ghacks user.js[1], which makes fingerprinting harder and improves my privacy online. Removing user.js would mean less privacy for me.

[1]: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js

Re:Firefox considering off-by-default preference for loading... by rasz on Monday January 06, 2020 @04:16AM (#21967749)
I inject this into Chrome to hopefully achieve something similar:

    window.AudioContext = undefined;
    window.OfflineAudioContext = undefined;
    window.BaseAudioContext = undefined;
    navigator.getUserMedia = undefined;
    navigator.webkitGetUserMedia = undefined;
    window.MediaStreamTrack = undefined;
    window.RTCPeerConnection = undefined;
    window.RTCSessionDescription = undefined;
    window.webkitMediaStreamTrack = undefined;
    window.webkitRTCPeerConnection = undefined;
    window.webkitRTCSessionDescription = undefined;
    if (navigator.mediaDevices) navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices = undefined;
    
    //https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/beacon/
    navigator.sendBeacon = undefined;
    //https://mathiasbynens.github.io/rel-noopener/
    window.opener = undefined;
    
    //https://demo.agektmr.com/storage/
    unsafeWindow.window.openDatabase = undefined;
    Object.defineProperty(unsafeWindow.window, "indexedDB", { value: undefined });
    
    
    //https://browserleaks.com/canvas
    //https://panopticlick.eff.org
    HTMLCanvasElement.prototype.toDataURL = undefined;
    HTMLCanvasElement.prototype.toBlob = undefined;
    CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.getImageData = undefined;
Re:Firefox considering off-by-default preference for loading... by zamadatix on Monday January 06, 2020 @05:48PM (#21974365)
You create your own customized identity to avoid being unique? Seems unique in itself.
Re:Firefox considering off-by-default preference for loading... by rasz on Monday January 06, 2020 @08:02PM (#21975583)
most of tracking/fingerprinting scripts lack any error trapping and simply crash when encountering undefined functions.
Re:Firefox considering off-by-default preference for loading... by samantohermes on Sunday January 05, 2020 @10:28PM (#21966184)
But some items such as privacy.ResistFingerprinting will probably be added to the GUI, as they are related to the Tor Uplift project.
Re:Firefox considering off-by-default preference for loading... by iudqnolq on Sunday January 05, 2020 @12:41PM (#21962564)
Are you using the Firefox setting privacy.resistFingerprinting?
Re:Firefox considering off-by-default preference for loading... by humaid on Sunday January 05, 2020 @12:59PM (#21962716)
Yes, but there are some things (like privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing) which are hidden preferences you won't find in about:config.
Re:Firefox considering off-by-default preference for loading... by iudqnolq on Sunday January 05, 2020 @05:16PM (#21964549)
That's good to know. Thanks