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Re:Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprintin... by eeZah7Ux on Thursday December 10, 2020 @01:25PM (#25376697)
TL;DR: browser anti-fingerprinting is difficult

Use Tor Browser so that your fingerprint will be identical to many thousands of other users.

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Re:Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprintin... by duskwuff on Thursday December 10, 2020 @02:35PM (#25377546)
That's one way. Another way is to use Safari on an iOS device. This has the advantage of making your activity look exactly like other ordinary iOS users, rather than painting a huge "hey, I'm using Tor Browser" target on your head.
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Re:Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprintin... by h-1 on Thursday December 10, 2020 @08:25PM (#25381192)
> rather than painting a huge "hey, I'm using Tor Browser" target on your head.

Huge problem for criminals. Excellent solution for innocent people wanting to anonymize their browsing.

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Re:Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprintin... by eeZah7Ux on Friday December 11, 2020 @12:48PM (#25388469)
> your activity look exactly like other ordinary iOS users

Plain false. It will leak a lot of stuff, starting with your IP address.

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Re:Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprintin... by duskwuff on Friday December 11, 2020 @02:00PM (#25389313)
You're missing the point. What's being discussed here is anti-fingerprinting, not anonymization.
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Re:Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprintin... by thotsBgone on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:58PM (#25380481)
Yeah, but then you start getting ads for skinny capris and pumpkin spice frappuccinos.
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