alt Hacker NewsI wish the browser would classify the fingerprinting and not load the site and show a security risk warning like it does for http sites. Then Advanced > Accept risk to continue.
@FireFoxDudes You need to be addressing fingerprinting
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How? How would a browser "know" what classifies as finger printing? Literally every piece of the engine is used for finger printing.
It can be mitigated, a bit, but I don't see how browsers can win that battle.
Finger printing is a lost battle in my opinion, unless we drastically reduce what a web engine can do (like Tor does).
a lot of what is used for fingerprinting is also used legitimately, and a lot of sites fingerprint. so ~every site would be behind a security risk warning.
we know from the boy who cried wolf that too many warnings quickly turns into legitimate warnings being ignored
Or just started removing features and debloating the Web standards. We don't need WebCoffeeBeansRoasterGrinder or WebElectricVehicleEmergencyBraking. We should be able to live with a LOT less without graphics, performance, or addictiveness degradation.