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Re:The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting by mmooss on Saturday November 22, 2025 @09:41PM (#46020265)
To ask the obvious question: Doesn't blocking fingerprinters itself fingerprint the browser.

(Also, what is a 'fingerprinter'? Isn't it something that runs server-side, out of reach of the browser, based on data collected?)

Re:The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting by h33t-l4x0r on Sunday November 23, 2025 @02:24AM (#46021503)
No it's usually a javascript script that does weird things like drawing strings on an invisible canvas and sends it back to the server. I'm wondering if a browser extension that intercepts those payloads and randomizes them with other people's payloads is what's called for here.