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>It seems so powerful, all I need is to have my browser have js with canvas enabled and I can be matched across websites?

Note the fingerprint isn't unique, it's basically a property of your graphics hardware + operating system. If you have a M4 macbook pro, in all likelihood you'll have the same fingerprint as all the other M4 macbook pro users.

>I know you can disable canvas in firefox, how does one do it in Chrome

Bad news. Disabling features is also a fingerprint vector, and having it disabled probably makes you more suspicious. Imagine you're at a border checkpoint that fingerprints you (many countries do that), and your fingerprints were burned off. How do you think the border guard will react?

parent gruez 1 year ago

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