Which is best at mitigating browser fingerprinting? Firefox (with or without arkenfox)? Librewolf? Mullvad browser?
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Its is pretty easy to get rid of all the brave crap. You just need a policy file:
# cat /etc/brave/policies/managed/brave_policies.json { "BraveRewardsDisabled": true, "BraveWalletDisabled": true, "BraveVPNDisabled": 1, "BraveAIChatEnabled": true, "NewTabPageLocation": "https://search.brave.com/", "TorDisabled": false, "PasswordManagerEnabled": false, "DnsOverHttpsMode": "automatic" } -
Womp womp
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Mullvad and it isn't close. I use it to circumvent bans on social media when I say something too communist
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For the record you can exclude certain countries from your tor options. I am of the opinion that most people aren't going to need to avoid government stuff, but if you do, exclude, say, 5 eyes countries if you live in one.
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Can't someone come up with a browser that just randomly lies when asked about the characteristics that could be used for fingerprinting?
Except for trusted, whitelisted sites.
That seems like it would be a pretty good privacy enhancer.
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You need to use or spoof a browser that is used by a lot of people, and have a screen resolution (or spoof) that is common (like 1920x1080), and set the browser to only use basic fonts like times new roman, consolas. Avoid sites that use canvas, or install a canvas blocker, which basically ignores this html element when loading the page. Mitigating fingerprinting is about blending in
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It would really stand out.
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Brave is a series scam company.
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Mullvad browser
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Facebook doesn't care about vpns or fake users/accounts because it drives enfagement.
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It would produce something completely different every time.
You either need to be indistinguishable from everyone else, or indistinguishable from your last page load.
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Yeah but i don't want to recommend a browser to someone just for them to have some cryptocurrency, AI chatbot, and Ad reward program shoved in their face.
And then telling them that they Can get rid of it, they just have to go make some file they don't understand in a location on their hard drive they've never been to.
Because being real, if Brave's bloat was bundled into an antivirus software, it would rightfully raise red flags for anyone with standard computer literacy.
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well yeah I guess some decide to make revenue with this "shady" practices like brave does and others just take 400 millions from google.
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Not sure about the whitelisting part, but I think this is what Brave already does. Randomizing fingerprinted data as opposed to blending in. Makes it hard to build a profile on.
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I mean, I fault Mozilla for that, and a lot of other things especially in light of recent developments. But Brave still fosters user dependency on a google project, ceding browser engine market dominance toward google. I might be bale to give Brave a pass for its faults if it was making strong moves in creating a truly free and open internet, but as-is they've basically taken an open-source project, applied their own branding, and baked in functionality that on a better engine can be replicated with more granular control by extensions.
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Haven't heard any opinions on arkenfox yet...anyone have any thoughts?
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No, the point is... It might be obvious you're using that specific browser, since it'd be very niche, and combined with something like your IP and maybe something like browsing patterns that might be enough to identify you.
It doesn't matter how much fingerprinting information you hide if you replace it with new information that's just as useful.
