I just use JShelter, It adjusts certain features by adding lies or faking the info they give out.
I've always thought having javascript totally disabled / on a whitelist basis makes you identifiable more.
I guess it all depends on your threat model.
I just use JShelter, It adjusts certain features by adding lies or faking the info they give out.
I've always thought having javascript totally disabled / on a whitelist basis makes you identifiable more.
I guess it all depends on your threat model.
It will depend on the site.
Some sites you can totally disable JS, and they work fine. Often better! It can avoid the annoyware in so many sites now.
Other sites require JS for basic functionality. But also have tons of tracking JS. On those you can disable the tracking JS and run only what is required.
Yet other sites are such a clusterfuck from many 100's of demains and it can be hard or impossible to unravel what is needed. Those I try to avoid the site if I can.
Someone always will say disabling JS is a fingerprint too. Which is true, but misleading, b/c you can reduce the bits of info more by disabling JS than the bits obtained by the site seeing you disabled JS.
Disable JS in your browser. Or at least use LibreJS extension. And use uBlock origin.
TBF, JavaScript does allow for sites to be much more functional rather than requiring connecting to servers even for simple user interface updates, and it's simpler to develop than some other, newer, technologies, but it also is the most commonly abused for tracking purposes since it has so much access to local data. I wish there were a way to allow local JavaScript to run, but block it from sending data or if browser makers would develop a comparable technology for manipulating the local page data/DOM that doesn't have access to the internet. But that's unlikely to happen since companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc., have heavy influence on browser standards and rely heavily on monetizing tracking data.
My “not a criminal” post seems to be raising a bunch of questions answered by my “not a criminal” post.
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