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They realized it was a risk so they built their own browser to have more control. And it worked. Only now, users are wising up and moving to Firefox.

gdw2 7y ago
Is firefox less fingerprintable?
- jes 7y ago
  I'm not an expert, but I'm running Firefox Nightly for exactly that reason. https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2019/04/09/protections-against-fingerprinting-and-cryptocurrency-mining-available-in-firefox-nightly-and-beta/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2019/04/09/protectio...
  - lloydde 7y ago
    It looks like the related feature is now in the regular release.
  - butteroverflow 7y ago
    What's your user agent like? I would imagine there are not many Nightly users out there.
    - a012 7y ago
      Still there are a lot of information in your user-agent and metadata (OS version, platform, screen size, timezone, and more).
- lloydde 7y ago
  Firefox has been putting a lot of attention to this area. https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/how-to-block-fingerprinting-with-firefox/ https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/how-to-block-fingerprinting...
- iokanuon 7y ago
  Seems to be, according to the creators of nothingprivate.ml: [1] [1]: https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/nothing-private/blob/master/Secure-Browsers.md https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/nothing-private/blob/maste...
- tick_tock_tick 7y ago
  Not at all. In many ways since firefox has such a smaller market share you are significantly easier to identify than average.
  - outworlder 7y ago
    This makes little sense. If the data collection capabilities are more restricted, how would one be easier to identify? Firefox has a significant market share still.
    - graysonk 7y ago
      The absence of a data point is still an identifiable data point
    - fooker 7y ago
      Want to advertise a product aimed at digital privacy concerned people? Just push it at those you can not fingerprint..
- X6S1x6Okd1st 7y ago
  firefox's charter allows for taking action against the interest of google. Chrome doesn't.
H8crilA 7y ago
No meaningful fraction of users is moving to Firefox [1] [2]. I wish this was the case, but it sure is not. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#/media/File%3AUsage_Share_of_browsers_(updated_August_2018).png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#... [2] https://netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx https://netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx
- aembleton 7y ago
  If Firefox is blocking trackers by default, how will you know if more are using it now?

gdw2 7y ago

Is firefox less fingerprintable?

jes 7y ago
I'm not an expert, but I'm running Firefox Nightly for exactly that reason. https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2019/04/09/protections-against-fingerprinting-and-cryptocurrency-mining-available-in-firefox-nightly-and-beta/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2019/04/09/protectio...
- lloydde 7y ago
  It looks like the related feature is now in the regular release.
- butteroverflow 7y ago
  What's your user agent like? I would imagine there are not many Nightly users out there.
  - a012 7y ago
    Still there are a lot of information in your user-agent and metadata (OS version, platform, screen size, timezone, and more).
lloydde 7y ago
Firefox has been putting a lot of attention to this area. https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/how-to-block-fingerprinting-with-firefox/ https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/how-to-block-fingerprinting...
iokanuon 7y ago
Seems to be, according to the creators of nothingprivate.ml: [1] [1]: https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/nothing-private/blob/master/Secure-Browsers.md https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/nothing-private/blob/maste...
tick_tock_tick 7y ago
Not at all. In many ways since firefox has such a smaller market share you are significantly easier to identify than average.
- outworlder 7y ago
  This makes little sense. If the data collection capabilities are more restricted, how would one be easier to identify? Firefox has a significant market share still.
  - graysonk 7y ago
    The absence of a data point is still an identifiable data point
  - fooker 7y ago
    Want to advertise a product aimed at digital privacy concerned people? Just push it at those you can not fingerprint..
X6S1x6Okd1st 7y ago
firefox's charter allows for taking action against the interest of google. Chrome doesn't.

H8crilA 7y ago

No meaningful fraction of users is moving to Firefox [1] [2]. I wish this was the case, but it sure is not. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#/media/File%3AUsage_Share_of_browsers_(updated_August_2018).png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#... [2] https://netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx https://netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx

aembleton 7y ago
If Firefox is blocking trackers by default, how will you know if more are using it now?