Post #4463282

2026-08-09 07:48 UTC

Where on that page do they claim that? I am a dev (unrelated to this) and I do think it is impossible, on what grounds do you think it isn’t?

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@gnufuu@lemmy.ca 2026-08-09 09:17

They say it here, but I disagree. Fingerprinting is difficult to prevent but not impossible. Same thing as with malware: You’ll never be 100% protected from malware, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take precautions against it. Here’s one way of testing how unique your fingerprint is.

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@artyom@piefed.social 2026-08-09 14:10

Sorry I tried to link directly to the highlight but that feature is not supported in Orion: it is literally impossible to prevent fingerprinting from a sophisticated fingerprinter if one is ever allowed to run. Certain facets of fingerprinting is impossible to block but fingerprinting uses a hundred data points and randomizing just a few of them can be enough to throw it off, and this is what most private browsers do. https://brave.com/privacy-updates/3-fingerprint-randomization/

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