Introduction This is something I’ve been thinking about for a couple years now, and I wanted to get y’alls thoughts on it. After following the privacy space for several years, I cannot even count the number of times I have heard something, generally speaking, along these lines: Brave provides b…

edit: my interest, and focus is primarily desktop browsers, my comment was mostly written in that context. most concepts probably apply to mobile browsers also, but some won’t You wrote a nice distillation/overview of a complicated subject. You and I interpreted a few things differently, which I’l…

[image] sha123: differences between browser instances to distinguish them from each other as good as possible But there is no need to spoof all fingerprinting related data if you are logged in or your cookies are not deleted? You allready said that is you here again?

[image] KeepItSimple: But there is no need to spoof all fingerprinting related data if you are logged in or your cookies are not deleted? There is still a need for it. Imaging your browser has good state partitioning, so cross-site tracking by state is mitigated. Fingerprinting could still be…

Fingerprinting was once called supercookies. If your cookies are not deleted that is even easier to indentify you came back to site again, as your unique id is allready written in the cookies, no need to check IP or Fingerprinting at all? Cookie Protection on Firefox and Brave Certainly, finger…

Thank you for your response. I have actually seen this excellent thread before, but it’s been quite some time, and I was certainly overdue to re-read it. Once again, I appreciate it. I’ve taken the opportunity to read it closer than I have before, and will use this post to attempt to digest what h…

@anon26231689 Wow! Your posts are very informative! Thanks! I have my concern with Tor. It might not be directly related to the fingerprint protection, but wouldn’t Tor make the users stand out because everyone would know they use Tor, i.e. ISP would know you connect to Tor, and the destined server…

On my part, after coming across this site: Articles | Madaidan's Insecurities Where you will find this Article: Browser Tracking | Madaidan's Insecurities Daniel Micay (or whoever wrote this article here): [image] …

[image] anon21489307: Tor users are a rare breed You’ll stand out like a sore thumb in many contexts, but the goal is to stand out like a sore thumb in exactly the same ways as a large number of other users. (as to the ISP yo can protect against that) I don’t think there is really any practi…

Once again, I appreciate the time you’ve taken to write an informative and helpful response. I find that all too often comparisons of these two browsers in particular tend to devolve into arguments, making it difficult to find proper discussions like this. About Mullvad Browser I agree with everyth…

[image] anon26231689: While I don’t use Mullvad browser myself (in part because I don’t use Mullvad VPN, and in part because my threat model just doesn’t really call for it) I’m curious what makes you feel this way, considering it seems you have a strong interest in preventing fingerprinting …

Forgot to reply in the previous post lol… I’m curious what makes you feel this way, considering it seems you have a strong interest in preventing fingerprinting and Mullvad Browser is one of only two browsers that excel in this area? It really just doesn’t fit into my threat model, and absent a spe…

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Is it Possible that Brave has Stronger Fingerprinting Protection than Firefox?

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No, the popularity of a browser base, in this case Chromium and its forks, has nothing to do with fingerprinting protection. Please see this comment for futher information.

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