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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about fingerprinting protection cover browser-level defenses against tracking scripts and techniques. Topics include Firefox 143's privacy improvements, Brave's default shield-based blocking, and Chrome's experimental Script Blocking in Incognito using a Masked Domain List to block fingerprinting scripts. These features aim to reduce cross-site tracking without breaking site functionality, with varying rollout strategies across browsers.
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    Proton Browser Privacy Ranking: Why Brave Beats LibreWolf, Firefox and Zen

    Proton's new browser ranking has a headline that overstates it. It didn't crown Brave "the most secure browser" in any absolute sense. Proton compared Brave, Vivaldi, Firefox, LibreWolf and Zen across three categories, each scored out of 10 for a maximum of 30. The categories were independence...
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    Firefox 143: Windows taskbar PWA pins, Copilot sidebar, privacy & UX boosts

    Mozilla’s Firefox 143 lands as a pragmatic, Windows‑focused update that finally closes several long‑standing feature gaps while introducing new privacy, accessibility, and media improvements — notably taskbar‑pinned web apps (PWA‑style), Microsoft Copilot in the AI sidebar, camera preview in...
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    Firefox 143 lands: Windows web apps, Copilot, privacy tweaks and more

    Mozilla’s Firefox 143 landed as a significant, pragmatic update: it finally brings a long‑promised form of desktop web‑app support to Windows, folds Microsoft Copilot into the browser’s AI sidebar, tightens several privacy and accessibility gaps, and introduces a clutch of media and UX...
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    • accessibility ai-sidebar codec copilot css grid fingerprint fingerprinting-protection firefox firefox-143 input-color privacy private browsing progressive web apps security windows-pwa xhe-aac
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    Brave Privacy by Design in 2025: A Practical Shield-First Browser

    Brave’s privacy-first stance is the clearest example in the modern browser market of a company that has deliberately reshaped a Chromium base into a purpose-built, privacy-forward product — and in 2025 it remains one of the strongest choices when privacy and defensive defaults are your top...
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    Script Blocking in Incognito: Chrome’s MDL-based Fingerprinting Protection

    Google is experimenting with a new Incognito-mode protection called Script Blocking in Incognito that will block third‑party scripts known to perform browser fingerprinting techniques, using a list‑based Masked Domain List (MDL) and a small change to the Fetch specification that gives browsers a...
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