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Re:Join a browser fingerprinting study by vorticalbox on Friday February 05, 2021 @02:20PM (#26040124)
Doesn't turning off all this make you stand out more?

Surely if you want to hide your need to look like everyone else and hide in the crowds.

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Re:Join a browser fingerprinting study by raspyberr on Saturday February 06, 2021 @04:23PM (#26050065)
It's a tough call. You're right that blending in is better but also turning off JS cuts off access to a lot of fingerprinting vectors. That lack of extra information may result in you looking like many others.
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