Re:Browser Fingerprint Detector
by AbraKdabra on Monday September 08, 2025 @01:06PM
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So, what's the solution to all of this? Are there any settings I need to modify to Chrome to not allow certain info to be queried?
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yes but then you become a "suspicious user" and you have to fill 100 CPATCHAs every day
at this point browser fingerprinting is a feature, not a bug
I second this. I tried to use Tor browser for a day in place of my regular browser. Many websites wouldn't open and the ones that dud asked me to fill in thousand captchas.
Re:Browser Fingerprint Detector
by chipsrafferty on Monday September 08, 2025 @03:47PM
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Even the unmodified Firefox browser with a few of the privacy settings turned on break a lot of sites.
Re:Browser Fingerprint Detector
by jay-barronville on Monday September 08, 2025 @03:25PM
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To be frank, in my book, relative to inadvertently being fingerprinted and tracked wherever I go, I consider being consistently faced with “let’s confirm you’re not a robot” popups and pages to be a minor inconvenience.
Consider that all those CAPTCHAs are fingerprinting your browser anyway, and probably also your biometrics (through your inputs while solving each CAPTCHA).
Re:Browser Fingerprint Detector
by jay-barronville on Monday September 08, 2025 @02:44PM
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Use a different browser altogether. Chrome is never ideal for anyone who cares even a little bit about privacy. Use [Brave][0].
[0]: https://brave.com