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Re:Browser Fingerprint Detector by gruez on Monday September 08, 2025 @03:39PM (#45172908)
>Advertisers try to reidentify and match you against their database, the less information you give them and the more randomized it is, the less certain they can be, its you again.

This assumes the randomization is done properly, otherwise it just turns into a signal of "installs privacy extensions", which can still be used for targeting, as a sibling commenter has mentioned.

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Re:Browser Fingerprint Detector by bigbadfeline on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:02AM (#45182872)
> otherwise it just turns into a signal of "installs privacy extensions"

The more such signals, the merrier, the parent of your comment addressed that ("other brills"). Instead of going in circles, it would be better to encourage people to evaluate and use such extensions. Telling them that they don't work is a self-defeating half-truth.

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