Hello everyone! I saw that disabling JavaScript was good to prevent fingerprinting. However, something’s holding me up from doing so: since only a minority of the Internet users block it, won’t it make me more easy to identify?
Even if it’s harder to load trackers or fingerprinting scripts, what if one manage to load? Will the fact that I disabled JavaScript make me more “unique” ?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Blocking JS will increase fingerprint accuracy, but…
I can’t imagine browsing with all js allowed by default anymore. It’s painful.
With NoScript and Ublock my browsing experience is just so much better - stupid videos don’t autoplay, the screen doesn’t do weird reflow once it fully loads, etc.
That looks much better. I already use uBlock Origin, but now I will disable JS by default too ig!
Since you mentioned Ublock-Origin. I would recommend to disable 3rd party Iframes. That will mean tweets, youtube videos will not play by default but you can manually whitelist them at global or site local way if desired. Not loading Iframes by default should reduce the amount of trackers and potential malware that could be loaded from compromised sites.
You can see what level of blocking you can use according to your convenience here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode