Fingerprinting is a type of online tracking that's more invasive than ordinary cookie-based tracking — that's why Firefox Browser blocks it.

Fingerprinting Protection in Firefox protects you from websites that try to identify you based on a set of unique characteristics.

Jan 7, 2020 · Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) has been expanded to block a particularly invasive form of cross-site tracking: browser fingerprinting.

Jun 5, 2019 · I understand that Firefox Fingerprint blocker is not blocking the fingerprinting. That wil make a fake fingerprint and send these to these ...

Dec 24, 2020 · Blocking fingerprinting techniques breaks websites, and people stop using broken web browsers. Firefox is doing the smart thing and blocking ...

The EFF published an excellent study in May, detailing some of the various methods of fingerprinting a browser.

May 5, 2024 · The by far most unique way to identify me was canvas fingerprinting. Is there some way to protect against this? I found a canvas blocking addon, ...

Fingerprint blocking. Ditch the sticky ads following you around with Firefox's built-in fingerprinting blockers. Learn more · Ad tracker blocking. Firefox ...