it's useless. test it out with creepjs

Yep. That's how I watch F1 too.

Why go through the trouble? fmhy.net

I'll just get 3 hackers to my keyboard, just wait.

Does that mean my ISP can still detect if I'm going to websites they don't approve of if I'm using Mullvad as my VPN but using Firefox as my browser?

Router level VPN at home becomes your "This is me" location

You and a thousand other people.

You also need to change the devices browsers, extensions and timezones to stay anonymous or buy a device and set the most common fingerprint settings, so it is harder for those companies to track you down. It is a slippery slope, and you can check your browser fingerprint and avoid adding unique settings, extensions or anything that can help them to track you.

I remember in 1996 my neighbor was in one of these fancy new things on the internet called a "chat room".

He got into an arguement with someone. It got heated. Until the other guy threatened to show up at my neighbors house.

My neighbor scoffed and laughed.

Then the guy put in my neighbors real address. To this day, that still scares me. And back then internet crime wasn't taken seriously. In fact doxxing back then may not yet have even been a crime.

The other major advantage is your ISP can't build a profile on you. Considering they know who you are and where you live, that's a pretty important air gap to me.

Most vendors are not going to trace you like that. They can, but it’s actually kind of nontrivial and not “easy.”

Not at all.

Do anything where you log in under one location with vanilla FF. Do everything else with 2 or more browsers under 20 other locations.

Also fingerprint.com

And your second browser should be Tor

Yes, your browser is probably generating brand new canvas and other fingerprints every visit, which is a good thing.

If you have the cookie from them, they don't count both visits I'm pretty sure.

Non-unique would be if someone else has the exact same fingerprint.

I’m here with multi-hop VPN with the first two hops staying in-country and the rest all random + a shit load of DNS blocking lists and browser extensions + blocking Google. I use different VPN providers too. I’m also introducing variable delays to my traffic to make NetFilter data less helpful.

If you go to the site, what does it think of your fingerprint?

That's the point. It doesn't matter how many middle layers there are, if you're using a web browser, there are hundreds of pieces of information that can still be used to uniquely identify you. Do you have WebGL enabled? If so, you could be identified with 100 constantly changing proxies.

Pfft amateur, I break into my local Applbee’s after 2AM and use their POS terminal browser to look at used cars.

Using a browser like Librewolf is, itself a unique identifier bc not enough people are using it.

EFF has a tool that lets you check your “uniqueness” and bc I used a lesser known browser, it was easier to track me.

Not that I mean you shouldn’t use it. I just wanted to clarify that it doesn’t make you safe from ads. :(

It should be noted that user agent switchers may break some website functionalities. I guess this is true for nearly all privacy protections, though this is the only one that gave me any noticeable trouble.

This breaks most websites you’ll visit. Just to keep in mind to others considering locking their browser down.

Your fingerpeint is that you aren't fingerprinted. If you think a website is like "Gosh darn it those rapscallions foiled me again! Guess I can't track them now!" You're sorely mistaken. Get a user agent switcher and pretend to be a windows, chrome user to blend in with the rest of the masses.

Part of the reason Tor is good is because it generates the same fingerprint for all users (part of the reason you shouldn’t install additional extensions on it, by the way). Mullvad browser tries to do this but without the Tor network.

You can't hide or get rid of the browser fingerprint, but some addons can help to randomize it so it looks like you're using a different device every time you visit a site.

Some, but only if you're using a very common device (i.e. Dell Latitude) with Windows. Browser fingerprinting gives up hardware specs, so hiding by blending in only works when your hardware is hard to pin down.

Use a browser that hides hardware specs, like Mullvad or Libreworlf. Even Brave is ok.