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How can we avoid browser fingerprinting? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 hours ago by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Compare to cookies. I use two extensions. The first accepts all cookies to bypass cookie banners. The second deletes all non white listed cookies on closing the page. This works well for me since I seldom have more than 20 pages open, and I constantly close them.

Is there a way to avoid browser fingerprinting like this at all (with potential qol benefits) or am I extra screwed because I do things like this in addition to running Linux on a computer I built?

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[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Check out Mullvad Browser, which is based on FF. It has always showed up as giving a non-unique fingerprint for me on the EFF site.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 5 hours ago

Does Mullvad just create random print everytime you get new identity. I think the idea is to just keep switching it