Hi all, I know that changing settings of an installed extension makes the user more ‘fingerprintable’, but what about bookmarks and you place them in your browsers. Can they be used? Or is that also used for fingerprinting?
There is another thread about this, please use the search function and type " Mullvad Browser fingerprint"
Bookmarks are fine
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It’s settings that would affect the webpage which would impact fingerprinting. So if you change filter lists in uBlock Origin, that changes what gets loaded on the webpage and can therefore be detected by the webpage, for example.
The webpage can’t read your bookmarks though, so that would not make a difference.
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Great, thanks for the ELI5, I understand now!
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What about my browsing history? Can someone access it?
No. Unless they have access to your computer.
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What about installed add-ons? Do they have access to the browsing history?
Mullvad Browser ships with three add‑ons: Mullvad Browser Extension (can be safely removed), NoScript, and uBlock Origin. If you go to “about:addons,” you can see every extension you have installed and check their permissions. Neither NoScript nor uBlock Origin can access browsing history. Installing additional add‑ons is not recommended.
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third party add-ons could have (but would be specified in permissions if they do) access to history but do check the permissions and the default extensions and most trusted third party extensions do not have access to this at all. I cannot think of a single extension purpose that would be useful to access browsing history even.
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