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minus-squareF/15/[email protected]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·7 hours agoMore generic and therefore worse for fingerprinting. Though that’s only because it’s built in and standardized.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 minutes agoIf it’s shipping by default, it’s better for preventing fingerprinting. If it’s default on the browser, that’s one less indentifying detail
minus-square5gruel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agowhat does that even mean? what aspect is more generic that could be used for fingerprinting?
minus-squarevaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoEvery Firefox will have this. Every Firefox doesn’t have uBlock
minus-squareCorvidae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoIs there any value in redundancy?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 hours agono, but no harm either. they use the same lists so one of them will just be doing nothing whenever the other removes something.
More generic and therefore worse for fingerprinting. Though that’s only because it’s built in and standardized.
If it’s shipping by default, it’s better for preventing fingerprinting. If it’s default on the browser, that’s one less indentifying detail
what does that even mean? what aspect is more generic that could be used for fingerprinting?
Every Firefox will have this. Every Firefox doesn’t have uBlock
Is there any value in redundancy?
no, but no harm either. they use the same lists so one of them will just be doing nothing whenever the other removes something.