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If I keep js disabled and then use extension will it still be a fingerprinting issue? (feddit.fr)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I mean for fingerprinting protections I go minimal with extensions. I only have Ublock origin. I want to keep dark reader but for fingerprinting issue I'm not doing it. So if I keep js disabled with Ublock origin (I'm doing it for a while now) and then install dark reader will websites still be able to tell that I have dark reader installed?

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[–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Interesting, it seems that while IronFox has the protections activated by default (and with some changes) you can also activate most of them on Firefox.
https://github.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox/blob/dev/docs/Features.md#fingerprinting

Ironfox Devs themselves say that the only browser that can truly protect you against fingerprinting is the Tor Browser.
https://github.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox/blob/dev/docs/Limitations.md

Do you feel IronFox breaks many sites for you?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Oh, absolutely. Ironically is just a set of scripts that you can run independently, it is called Phoenix. I run the script on the FF Nightly installed on my phone for the LULZ and for the newer toys.

    True, TOR is best in class, but if you have used it, then you will see that it has some caveats for every day normal usage. Tons of sites will actively block it or give you trouble. But of course, it has its niche and tons of use cases, but in my use case it is a bit overkill.

    Aside Lemmy, Reddit, and LinkedIn, all of which I use very sporadically, I am not on any other social media, use VPNs which I switch often, Do not use Google/MS services and I host most of the stuff I use myself including my own cloud and search engines.

    IronFox barely breaks anything for me, and that is with webrtc and JIT disabled but as I said, most of the stuff I use is hosted by me, so I make those work. In my use case, uBlock Origin, used in Medium mode breaks way, way, way more stuff. But most people do not use it that way, so it does not apply to them.

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