Hi…. As people have mentioned, the resist fingerprinting [RFP] function for Firefox [accessed through about:config - privacy.resistFingerprinting - Set it to true], is a little ripper of a tool/setting. I say this because so many sites hate it…lol. Now, it’s also good for those ‘shady’ sites where you might do a bit of media orientated activity 😉 ….but also good for just ‘keeping the everyday bastards honest’ [Aussie saying]. Now also stated in these posts here, is that it's a pretty heavy-duty setting/tool, and so one way to eat your cake and have the icing too, is the ingenious firefox addon - ‘Resist Fingerprinting Toggle by Asger Finding’ [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rfp-toggle/]. Basically, the addon creates a square button on your address bar [once you’ve set resist fingerprinting in about:config]. And it’s very simple to use. Red=resist fingerprinting is ON. And Green=resist fingerprinting is OFF. Example: so some uptight site starts serving you a buggy experience because RFP is on, simple…. Just hit the red square, and it turns to green and everything starts acting normal again 😉 It’s a beautifully envisioned idea, and works like a dream. And the addon remembers your settings, so you only have to do it once - per site! On some sites that are new, and you're setting it for the 1st time, you may have to refresh the page, but hey… No biggy… 😄 I’ve been using for years, and just knowing that you’re fighting back against these arseholes is pleasure enough for me and my privacy ideals 👍 Give it a go, it takes a ‘little’ time to get the handle on it, but once you do, that feeling of empowerment is sweet….. Lovely to be here at Lemmy - I hope I can make a meaningful contribution to the community 💜
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