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MOZILLA FIREFOX GETS NEW ANTI-FINGERPRINTING DEFENSES

bleepingcomputer.com2 min read

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Mozilla has announced that, beginning in the recently released Firefox 145, further fingerprinting blocking will be implemented, dropping the percentage of user trackability to 20%. The specific enhancements block requests to discover installed fonts, hardware details, number of processor cores, multi-touch support, and dock/taskbar dimensions. The enhancements will initially be rolled out for users in Private Browsing who set their Enhanced Tracking Protection to Strict.