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Karna to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

Brave to end 'Strict' fingerprinting protection as it breaks websites

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Brave to end 'Strict' fingerprinting protection as it breaks websites

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Karna to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago
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Brave Software has announced plans to deprecate the 'Strict' fingerprinting protection mode in its privacy-focused Brave Browser because it causes many sites to function incorrectly.
  • @PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world
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    Firefox’s resist fingerprinting breaks sites too.

    • Possibly linux
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      2•1 year ago

      It doesn’t really break things for me personally. However if it does break something just turn it off.

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