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		Liquix 37 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox expands fingerprint protections to defeat canvas size fingerprinting in firefox: about:config -> set privacy.resistFingerprinting to true about:config -> create new boolean key privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing set to true this will set your canvas to a common size which fits in the viewport and display a grey "letterbox" border in the surrounding space.

yborg 36 days ago [–]

Doesn't seem to work... reported canvas size is still some odd value (2200x1283x24). I think it uses a fixed size for the letterbox, which is useless. Right general idea though.

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