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I've been using the following addon to block this fingerprinting for a while now: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker...

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No canvas is a full blown canvas blocking addon. addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/no-canvas-fingerprinting/

It is developed by multiloginapp.com a privacy first browser suite.

Looks like the chrome equivalent is: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/canvas-defender/ob...

If you use Chrome than you don't care about privacy at all so suggesting privacy extensions for chrome is ludicrous.

I don't use Chrome, but this hyperbole. You may not mind that Google gets your info but still dislike that every ad network out there does.

Google runs many ad networks

This isn't true at all. If you know how to use Chrome right (with right flags / startup options [1]) it is way more private browser then FF and more advanced. All it takes is some reading and some patience (but you get useful knowledge in return).

Security and privacy is just a marketing gig for Firefox in my personal opinion. Not truly reflecting the reality.

Additionally you can use ungoogled-chromium to take it to the next level.

https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium

[1] Some chrome flags worth knowing...

--incognito

--disable-sync

--disable-reading-from-canvas

--disable-voice-input

--disable-system-timezone-automatic-detection [When VPN from different timezone]

--connectivity-check-url= [set 204 from your trusted location]

--disable-remote-fonts

--no-referrers

--disable-physical-keyboard-autocorrect

--no-pings

Plus Decentral Eyes plugin...

No canvas is in itself an identifying feature though

Does it work with latest Firefox (WebExtensions)?

Yeah. The XUL addons have a warning symbol next to "Permissions", and when you click on it, they say "Please note this add-on uses legacy technology".

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