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Re:Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web by ballenf on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:37PM (#37421612)
Are there browser plugins that can "fake" your browser fingerprint somewhat? Like, e.g., only showing OS default fonts installed, or fixing screen dimension info, etc? Or would this require forking a browser's code?

Maybe futile, but I'd still consider using it.

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Re:Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web by bananapub on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:41PM (#37421689)
yes, and it's one of the things the Tor browser does to make fingerprinting harder.
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Re:Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web by ballenf on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:45PM (#37421756)
But can it be down with an extension to Chrome/Safari/"normal" Firefox?
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Re:Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web by seaal on Thursday September 07, 2023 @01:19PM (#37422298)
LibreWolf has pretty good defaults for anti-fingerprinting if you just want something that is setup and works.

https://librewolf.net/docs/features/

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Re:Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web by ipaddr on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:59PM (#37421972)
yes
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Re:Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web by Conting on Friday September 08, 2023 @02:32AM (#37430180)
The Firefox extension "Fingerprint Shield" will show you when a canvas is generated in your browser. You can try it out on Best Buy.

https://archive.ph/ZjnwY

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Re:Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web by armoredkitten on Thursday September 07, 2023 @02:24PM (#37423372)
Firefox has an experimental fingerprinting protection option built in, which you can enable with a flag: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-protection-agai...
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Re:Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web by Bu9818 on Thursday September 07, 2023 @09:21PM (#37428098)
Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser are your best options, but they aren't browser plugins. Some of their protection is implemented with browser patches.
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