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Is it even possible to protect yourself from fingerprinting? (kbin.run)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Even though i have Proton VPN blocking trackers and use firefox with arkenfox EFF always says my browser has a unique fingerprint. Same with Mullvad browser and Tor. When I switched Tor to "Safer" it said near unique fingerprint, and only when i switched it to safest did it say i am protected from fingerprinting

from my results id guess that it has no fingerprit thanks to no javascript, but 90% of websites are useless without js

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[–] 22 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

You can fingerprint with just CSS and HTML

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, but it's much better than if you have scripts enabled. Assuming have your useragent set to something common, you're already covering a lot of ground, and even if you're not totally fingerprint-proof from every html attribute, every little bit helps.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago

    oddly enough, when i keep my default ua, it says one in 400 have the same one, but when i change it to chrome running on windows (first one on that website you shared) it says only one in 3000

    though i suppose this may be inaccurate because theres a good chance that firefox users are more likely to use this site than chrome users

    should i just keep it changed to chrome on windows or default?

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