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Cover Your Tracks: Test how well your browser protect you from tracking:
(coveryourtracks.eff.org)
this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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~~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:
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.
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.
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?