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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by gruez on Thursday July 24, 2025 @01:58PM (#44673875)
>and the worst part is that this didn't changed the fingerprint generated by mentioned here site

???

It definitely does. Are you talking about how it doesn't change between subsequent visits?

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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by Szpadel on Thursday July 24, 2025 @04:46PM (#44675891)
In my case it stayed the same, but I tested it on android Firefox, maybe it works better on desktop, but I do not have access to it right now to verify
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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by gruez on Thursday July 24, 2025 @05:46PM (#44676659)
You probably need to quit/force close and reopen. At the very least it randomizes your canvas results and timezone, which should mess with most fingerprinting sites.
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