Does my configs makes me fingerprintable?

Questions
1

I use Fedora latest stable. I have multiple Firefox profiles with:

  • privacy.resistFingerprinting (RFP)
  • or privacy.fingerprintingProtection (FPP)

enabled.

But I have:

  • “Firefox Color” extension enabled (to separate profiles easily)
  • accessibility is enabled via Fedora Gnome settings
  • mouse color and size is different then default via Fedora Gnome settings

Are those above still finger-printable by the web-sites I visit?

Thank you

2

I’m sure there are other fingerprints that make you fingerprintable too so ensuring of this may not even be enough if your goal is to not at all be fingerprintable (which is not possible unless using a special browser like Mullvad or Tor).

But to ask a follow up question: what are you trying to achieve here?

3

On my daily use I try to be less finger-printable as possible as.

Yes I agree. Tor and Mullvad are the best choices we have. But that does not mean If dont use Tor or Mullvad, I should not enable RFP or FPP or use Google-chrome or MS Windows every time because I am finger-printable already.

4

Then Mullvad Browser is the answer. You can enable whatever you want on FF but if you want tangible benefits, using a right tool for the purpose is key.

It’s like this, if I want to obfuscate my browsing activity from my ISP and government, using a VPN is better even though you can simply use Tor instead. It kinda does the job but is not purpose built for this only but for something else.

5

So, the question changes:

Does 3 configs that I mention on my first post, makes me more finger-printable?

Also on my company machine, we have also Fedora. But IT-security only allow me to use Firefox and Google Chrome. I use Firefox ofcorse, but should I remove the firefox-color extension, and disable mouse settings even I use RFP OR FPP ?

6

Do not mess with your work computer. It is not recommended and you’re risking your employment if you do.

What I mean is there is always something else that makes you fingerprintable so not sure how much those options are going to help.

7

You are already unique anyways. If you require the added accessibility changes you have made, keep them.

8

They allow me to open different profiles with different configs. But they don’t allow me to install another software.

If in current position, I give a web site 20 information about my computer, I prefer to give them 18 if possible. Therefore I opened this topic.

3 configs which I mention are not very critical for my life. But it would be really nice to have.

9

Do bookmarks make browsers easier to fingerprint ?

10

No.