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> Can we HN users help push Firefox to incorporate better fingerprint circumvention? Yes, it's OSS and they are very happy to receive third party patches.
by burnte 3y ago
> Can we HN users help push Firefox to incorporate better fingerprint circumvention?
Yes, it's OSS and they are very happy to receive third party patches.
- godelski 3y agoIsn't this something that's already been in conversation though? Just not popular? I'm pretty sure I've seen discussion and pull requests for this on HN. I know even the strict privacy setting, which affects fingerprints, does not make it anywhere close to a Tor fingerprint. I was more suggesting that maybe we can demonstrate the desire of this, to put positive pressure on making this, and other privacy measures, a higher priority of FF
- howinteresting 3y agoYou can't simply submit a patch to any self-respecting open source project on a decision so consequential. You have to do annoying things that mostly get in the way, like convince other people and build consensus.
- burnte 3y agoSince there's no way ANYONE could make such a change without building consensus first, I don't think it's really a problem unique to submitting a patch. I simply answered accurately that, yes, there IS a way to get it changed, but it takes work.