I want to make these adjustments to the browser but not sure if they cause me to be fingerprinted: Settings -Enable ‘Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order’ -Disable ‘Confirm before closing multiple tabs’ -Uncheck the checked search shortcuts -Uncheck suggestions when using the add…

Those changes are fine. Anything which is just modifying the so called “chrome” of the browser (or browser interface) is nearly guaranteed to be fine.

From my understanding, any changes is fingerprintable.

Great! Thank you for your input.

Hi, would it be possible to know what “browser interface” entails? I thought any about:config settings were fingerprintable so I’m quite confused now.

about:config controls most of Firefox settings, from network behavior, fingerprinting defense to the order of extension icons on the toolbar. The last example is a browser interface change that has no impact on browser fingerprint: you can add or remove an extension icon or settings icon in the too…

About 50% of results in my web search results are links to Reddit and I’m sick of seeing that “You’ve been blocked by network security” page with its cutesy little logo because I’m using a VPN. How bad would it be to install an extension in Mullvad Browser to automatically redirect reddit.com links…

I know it doesn’t directly answer your question, but because of that exact reason (reddit being blocked because VPN), I tend to use more and more AI (duck.ai or whatever solutions you choose) which would include reddit results. Just always keep an open mind that what the AI says could be wrong (kin…

You could also just use the Mullvad browser extension that is installed by default to proxy Reddit to use a server that isn’t blocked. At least servers in Finland and Norway have worked well. You may need to refresh the page once to get the site working though.

[image] SteveR: How bad would it be to install an extension in Mullvad Browser to automatically redirect reddit.com links to a libreddit instance? In practice every single time I get a Reddit link I have to go manually alter the domain from reddit.com to a libreddit instance and it’s getting rig…

Are you referring to the Mullvad Browser extension for Firefox, or just using extensions for redirecting in general. I think the comment you are replying to is asking if a extension like Libredirect is ok to install on Mullvad Browser. From my understanding, there is only one feature of Libredirect…

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ruihildt December 2, 2024, 11:24am 14

I can’t vouch for the source code of a third party extension, but in principle I don’t see any issue about intercepting an URL and redirecting to another one.

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