Hey guys! So, I'm pretty new to all of this fingerprinting stuff, I don't know how if uniformity is better or randomization is, I don't really know anything tbh. I use FF nightly on my phone right now and I have it turned on, and I just want to ask, how effective is it? Does it work on Uniformity like Mullvad, randomization like Brave or both? And on coveryourtracks, I'm still unique unlike Helium or Brave. Sorry, like I said, I don't really know how all of this works, and if or not being unique is actually bad. Thanks in advance!

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[–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

It's just a different set of tradeoffs. Firefox already enables a bunch of fingerprint protections by default, but balances that with trying not to break too many websites. If you enable it all, you might be less fingerprintable, but your experience otherwise will be worse.

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  • [–] 1 point 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

    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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