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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

~~Using Firefox on iPhone~~

edit: Nvm previous result, I got the same result OP did with Firefox and Safari, I realized I was testing on my wifi with a pihole… switched to mobile network only and protection dropped to partial.

edit2: but Firefox Focus still has strong protection:

https://i.imgur.com/qeeuHKJ.jpg

[–] cyborganism 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah I got the same result.

I wonder in the fingerprint is a spoof and the result is a false positive? Because Mozilla says there is fingerprint protection in Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your hunch is correct, it is a false positive. Firefox uses a bunch of fingerprints across thousands of users, which poisons the tracking data, rendering it useless.

[–] cyborganism 1 points 2 years ago

Ah? Good! I was trying to find more info on how it works behind the scenes but couldn't find anything. Do you happen to have a source?

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