Even though i have Proton VPN blocking trackers and use firefox with arkenfox EFF always says my browser has a unique fingerprint. Same with Mullvad browser and Tor. When I switched Tor to “Safer” it said near unique fingerprint, and only when i switched it to safest did it say i am protected from fingerprinting

from my results id guess that it has no fingerprit thanks to no javascript, but 90% of websites are useless without js

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    4 months ago

    If EFF always says your browser has a unique fingerprint then that means the anti-fingerprinting is working, no?

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      If your fingerprint is unique, that means you can’t be confused for someone else.

      That is literally the opposite of anti-fingerprinting.

      You want to look like 1000’s of other people, so they can’t prove it was you that visited a particular site and use that information against you.

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        If it’s unique every time it means they can’t create a consistent fingerprint for you.

        A UUID assigned to each user is unique, but that’s not useful for tracking unless you can ensure each user keeps the same number across visits.

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          The idea with anti-fingerprinting is the idea that no matter who you are or what your setup is, the fingerprint is created, it matches many, many other browsers

          Imagine a sea of people in Guy Fawkes masks.

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      Yes, but it’s much better than if you have scripts enabled. Assuming have your useragent set to something common, you’re already covering a lot of ground, and even if you’re not totally fingerprint-proof from every html attribute, every little bit helps.

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        oddly enough, when i keep my default ua, it says one in 400 have the same one, but when i change it to chrome running on windows (first one on that website you shared) it says only one in 3000

        though i suppose this may be inaccurate because theres a good chance that firefox users are more likely to use this site than chrome users

        should i just keep it changed to chrome on windows or default?