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LoafyLemon
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Firefox assigns a single fingerprint to multiple users. These tests are wildly inaccurate.

Izzie🌴
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@LoafyLemon @ekZepp @cupcakezealot

How does Firefox assign a fingerprint? I thought a fingerprint was made of all my add-ons, browser version, OS, screen size, device version, etc?

LoafyLemon
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Firefox generates a modified user profile by anonymizing data collected from multiple users. A more technical explanation can be found here:

https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2020/01/07/firefox-72-fingerprinting/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-protection-against-fingerprinting

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