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It it possible to block/fake list of fonts and/or browser add-ons from being sent to a website?


While trying to find a browser add-on for the above, found that Facebook detects NoScript and adjusts links accordingly [1]. In other words, the list of add-ons is used proactively to try to bypass some of them.

[1] Excerpt: "Facebook seems to detect an active NoScript and replaces external links with tracked ones." from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-privac...


The list of fonts is only available through flash, so if you get rid of flash (either permanently or with flashblock) that should cut down your fingerprint a bit.


It's also exposed to javascript and CSS. With a list to test, you can generally evaluate the fonts installed on a system without using Flash.




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