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To ask the obvious question: Doesn't blocking fingerprinters itself fingerprint the browser.

(Also, what is a 'fingerprinter'? Isn't it something that runs server-side, out of reach of the browser, based on data collected?)





No it's usually a javascript script that does weird things like drawing strings on an invisible canvas and sends it back to the server. I'm wondering if a browser extension that intercepts those payloads and randomizes them with other people's payloads is what's called for here.



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