Hey guys! So, I’m pretty new to all of this fingerprinting stuff, I don’t know how if uniformity is better or randomization is, I don’t really know anything tbh. I use FF nightly on my phone right now and I have it turned on, and I just want to ask, how effective is it? Does it work on Uniformity like Mullvad, randomization like Brave or both? And on coveryourtracks, I’m still unique unlike Helium or Brave. Sorry, like I said, I don’t really know how all of this works, and if or not being unique is actually bad. Thanks in advance!
It’s just a different set of tradeoffs. Firefox already enables a bunch of fingerprint protections by default, but balances that with trying not to break too many websites. If you enable it all, you might be less fingerprintable, but your experience otherwise will be worse.
Same with disabling java, only enable it as required to make the sites work.
That is a good question with no real good answer. If you log into a site you don’t need fingerprinting protection, you are known to them. If you search for stuff on the internet you have too choose between good fingerprinting protection and good adblocking/security. Only Mullvad or Tor have very good fingerprinting protection. But Tor is not made as a daily driver. And Mullvad breaks a lot of stuff you may want to use. And with both you shouldn’t install any extensions, maybe just a password manager. I use Brave or Floorp (Firefox fork) as a daily driver. And yes, I modified them so it is easier to get a fingerprint. I use a VPN most of the time so even then the sites only know the IP address of the VPN service. But I want some convenience and good adblocking for my needs ( even the adblocking lists you use or don’t use can leave a fingerprint). And if a site uses modern fingerprinting you have no real chance. I found this test page and it is disturbing how good it is:
So, if you want to be anonymous use for this Mullvad or maybe Brave with standard settings and a VPN just for anonymity. And another browser as a daily driver were you log in and for example do your banking. There you need a secure browser and fingerprinting is not your concern. Some even recommend Chrome for this as it is very save. I don’t use Chrome but I get the point. I make sure that my browser just keeps the cookies I need for sites I want to be logged in and make sure the other cookies are delete when i close the browser. And yes, there are discussions if Firefox or the Brave anti fingerprinting is better. In my experience everyone installs some extensions or fits the browser to their needs ( like page zoom etc ) and with every setting or extension you create a new fingerprint for itself. Therefore it is a bit overrated. But I use browsers with privacy protection as I don’t like that for example Chrome sends the battery charging value to a website. Hope this helps.
I found this test page and it is disturbing how good it is:
It got my GPU wrong, it got my CPU cores wrong, it got my connection type wrong, it got my location wrong and it causes my Firefox to freeze.
It gets some numbers wrong but it is still able to recognize you when you return. this is the worrying part. Sorry for the freeze, for me it works.
The website you linked was purely terrifying… Also, I don’t mind not having extensions, uBO is more than enough for me. I use LibreWolf on my PC (largely due to its extremely cool name) and I understand who it was made for, but I turned off RFP in settings because I appreciate dark mode.
Seems perfectly fine for daily driving and is close to my setup. And in the end, the websites only know that you returned. Which would be nice to avoid but not really that bad. I think only if you are a whistleblower or want to report in anonymity to the press or police you need to be aware of these thinks. And it is way more important for a normal user to use a browser like Librewolf for security reasons than fingerprinting.
