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Which browser do you use and why? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)
submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Using firefox but concerned now

Read about some alternatives:

Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Been moving over to LibreWolf and I'm pretty happy with it so far. I added NoScript and CanvasBlocker extensions, along with my password manager, and I'm getting settled in with it now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The fingerprint protections in Librewolf already protect against canvas fingerprinting. You actually make ourself stand out even mkre by using it. Even with RFP disable, ETP still protects against canvas fingerprinting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

To a slightly lesser extent, Id also suggest avoiding noscript for the same reason. uBlock Origin can do everything that NoScript can and NoScript contributes as a metric to create your overall fingerprint. If need strong protection against fingerprinting, use Mullvad or Tor Browser. Use Librewolf if you need to customize, or want to change the defaults.