Are they (shortcuts/pinned shortcuts) safe to use or are they deanonymyzing/fingerprinting? same question for bookmarks
no real privacy risk.shortcuts & bookmarks are stored locally, never transmitted.
Fingerprinting comes from how your browser looks to websites, not whats pinned on your new tab page
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