So what? There are plenty of stars in the sky, and if you are farbling [1] your star shimmers differently every time the surveillance-monster glances skyward.

So what? There are plenty of stars in the sky, and if you are farbling [1] your star shimmers differently every time the surveillance-monster glances skyward. The comment above regurgitates a misconception frequently found on HN: the assumption that the only defense against fingerprinting is to look exactly identical to everybody else. That is incredibly shortsighted. [1] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/12069 https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/12069