Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a...
by wraptile on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @12:42AM
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It's not binary but it's unfair to say "it can't be done" it absolute can be made significantly better.
The strongest fingerprinting techniques use a lot of computing (e.g. font, canvas analysis) so they are expensive to use - no one wants to slow down their visitors by several seconds.
The weaker fingerprint techniques can be easily patched and mocked it's just that it's a constant effort to keep up with them.
All it would take is 1 major browser to enable it by default to distrubt whole fingerprinting ecosystem to the point where it would be too expensive to effectively fingerprint people.
The strongest fingerprinting techniques use a lot of computing (e.g. font, canvas analysis) so they are expensive to use - no one wants to slow down their visitors by several seconds. The weaker fingerprint techniques can be easily patched and mocked it's just that it's a constant effort to keep up with them.
All it would take is 1 major browser to enable it by default to distrubt whole fingerprinting ecosystem to the point where it would be too expensive to effectively fingerprint people.