I browse without JS by default (using uMatrix), not to resist fingerprinting but because it is:
- More secure, especially if the website doesn't use TLS.
- Faster. Many websites work well enough even without JS or only some of it.
Disabling JS to resist fingerprinting may be counterproductive as only a minority of people disable it. My current approach is to use LibRedirect[1] et al to avoid using big websites such as YouTube directly.
In Firefox I also disable network.http.sendRefererHeader. It breaks some websites which rely on it for "security" though.
- More secure, especially if the website doesn't use TLS.
- Faster. Many websites work well enough even without JS or only some of it.
Disabling JS to resist fingerprinting may be counterproductive as only a minority of people disable it. My current approach is to use LibRedirect[1] et al to avoid using big websites such as YouTube directly.
In Firefox I also disable network.http.sendRefererHeader. It breaks some websites which rely on it for "security" though.
[1] https://github.com/libredirect/LibRedirect
EDIT: I just found out on the amiunique website that over 12% of browsers disable it. Does this include bots?