What’s the deal? I’m testing using https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ Is it truly unique (and repeatable), or is it perhaps being randomized on every request?

I’ve tried normal Firefox, Mull, and IronFox. With and without jShelter.

I’m using my phone. Stock Android on a Pixel 7 Pro.

In DDG Browser I have a “nearly unique” fingerprint.

I installed CanvasBlocker and disabled privacy.resistFingerprinting in IronFox (since CanvasBlocker said to), and my fingerprint is still unique. I guess I’m not surprised since I think CanvasBlocker is designed to randomize canvas fingerprinting.

Any tips on having even a shred of privacy when browsing the web on Android?

  • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eeEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    Yeah ik how easy it is i wrote an implementation just to see if i could. But i dont see why browsers cant just lie to websites about absolutly everything. Tell the browser u have fonts u dont u dont have those u dont. Fudge ur window size to a standard set. Put noise into webgl renders. Etc etc. The current approach is to make every device look the same i think the better approach is to make every request look completly different all the time.

    “Tell a lie once and it’s a lie, tell a lie a thousand times and it’s a fact. And, when you tell a fact, mix it with a lie and people don’t know what’s true.” - Joseph Stalin

    If the trackers cant decern the truth from the lie they cant fingerprint.