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I think Tor Browser tries to do this for some types of fingerprinting.

brador 10y ago
The things you block and don't block could also be used to help form a fingerprint.
pmlnr 10y ago
The Tor Browser does not send misinformation; it just blocks. A solution would probably be a browser where every version, on every platform reports the exact same things, always the same way.
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
  That's not true, Tor Browser does sometimes lie, see what englehardt linked.
- neerdowell 10y ago
  > The Tor Browser does not send misinformation; it just blocks. No, it doesn't. TB sends all kinds of misinformation, from the user agent string (always reports itself as being its base version of Firefox running on 32-bit Windows 7) to rounding javascript timing functions to reduce the precision. > A solution would probably be a browser where every version, on every platform reports the exact same things, always the same way. That's exactly what Tor Browser does.
  - pmlnr 10y ago
    The last time I tried it this wasn't always the case; however, my information could easily be outdated, and in that case, I'm sorry.
- dredmorbius 10y ago
  Or a browser which randomly permutes canvas values.
englehardt 10y ago
The Tor Browser folks have done some excellent work to reduce the fingerprintability of the browser. See "Specific Fingerprinting Defenses in the Tor Browser" here: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#fingerprinting-linkability https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#finge.... For Firefox and Chrome there are canvas fingerprint blockers [1] and [2]. These are heuristic based, so you'll likely see a bit of false positives. uBlock Origin includes an option to prevent the leakage of local IP addresses [3]. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker... [2]https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/canvasfingerprintblock/ipmjngkmngdcdpmgmiebdmfbkcecdndc?hl=en-US https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/canvasfingerprintb... [3]https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Prevent-WebRTC-from-leaking-local-IP-address https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Prevent-WebRTC-from-l...
cm3 10y ago
I wish there was a Tor Browser without Tor but just things like fingerprinting fixes.

The things you block and don't block could also be used to help form a fingerprint.

pmlnr 10y ago

The Tor Browser does not send misinformation; it just blocks. A solution would probably be a browser where every version, on every platform reports the exact same things, always the same way.

TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
That's not true, Tor Browser does sometimes lie, see what englehardt linked.
neerdowell 10y ago
> The Tor Browser does not send misinformation; it just blocks. No, it doesn't. TB sends all kinds of misinformation, from the user agent string (always reports itself as being its base version of Firefox running on 32-bit Windows 7) to rounding javascript timing functions to reduce the precision. > A solution would probably be a browser where every version, on every platform reports the exact same things, always the same way. That's exactly what Tor Browser does.
- pmlnr 10y ago
  The last time I tried it this wasn't always the case; however, my information could easily be outdated, and in that case, I'm sorry.
dredmorbius 10y ago
Or a browser which randomly permutes canvas values.

englehardt 10y ago

The Tor Browser folks have done some excellent work to reduce the fingerprintability of the browser. See "Specific Fingerprinting Defenses in the Tor Browser" here: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#fingerprinting-linkability https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#finge.... For Firefox and Chrome there are canvas fingerprint blockers [1] and [2]. These are heuristic based, so you'll likely see a bit of false positives. uBlock Origin includes an option to prevent the leakage of local IP addresses [3]. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker... [2]https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/canvasfingerprintblock/ipmjngkmngdcdpmgmiebdmfbkcecdndc?hl=en-US https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/canvasfingerprintb... [3]https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Prevent-WebRTC-from-leaking-local-IP-address https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Prevent-WebRTC-from-l...

cm3 10y ago

I wish there was a Tor Browser without Tor but just things like fingerprinting fixes.