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Updated 3.3 Overrides [To RFP or Not] (markdown)

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@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ Arkenfox's primary objectives have always been security, privacy and mitigating
- RFP randomizes canvas to catch naive scripts (most scripts are naive with canvas) - RFP randomizes canvas to catch naive scripts (most scripts are naive with canvas)
- RFP contains timing mitigations as a bonus against many side channel attacks - RFP contains timing mitigations as a bonus against many side channel attacks
**_Do not listen to random [non-experts](https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/wi9vee/firefox_and_fingerprinting/ijae7ow/)_**
- 🔹 RFP doesn't require a crowd or care about Tor Browser when it comes to naive scripts
- 🔹 RFP can't make fingerprinting worse, you are already unique if you do nothing
- 🔹 RFP has a net privacy benefit (see the resistance points above)
So if a fingerprinting script should run, it would need to be universal or widespread (i.e it uses the exact same canvas, audio and webgl tests among others - most aren't), shared by a data broker (most aren't), not be naive (most are) and not be just first party or used solely for bot detection and fraud prevention (most probably are) <sup>1</sup>. So if a fingerprinting script should run, it would need to be universal or widespread (i.e it uses the exact same canvas, audio and webgl tests among others - most aren't), shared by a data broker (most aren't), not be naive (most are) and not be just first party or used solely for bot detection and fraud prevention (most probably are) <sup>1</sup>.
<sup>1</sup> That's not to say that fingerprinting is not a threat and won't become more widespread and sophisticated. <sup>1</sup> That's not to say that fingerprinting is not a threat and won't become more widespread and sophisticated.