> On 1/29/21 3:48 PM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote:
> > Be aware though that starting your dispvm's from a common .mozilla
> > config instead of a freshly created one every time may result in
> > increased fingerprintability. Some of the values in there seemed to be
> > unique, and if unchanged between sessions could lead to correlation. May
> > not be a concern depending on use cases.

Tor Browser is not appropriate for many use cases. Expect exit nodes to spy 
on all of your traffic if it's not encrypted.

The solutions I gave above which do not involve copying the .mozilla 
directory solve this problem without increasing fingerprintability (except 
to the extent that the settings you change increase fingerprintability 
inherently).

On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 2:40:15 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote:

> On 1/29/21 3:48 PM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote:
> > Be aware though that starting your dispvm's from a common .mozilla 
> > config instead of a freshly created one every time may result in 
> > increased fingerprintability. Some of the values in there seemed to be 
> > unique, and if unchanged between sessions could lead to correlation. May 
> > not be a concern depending on use cases.
>
> Understood.
>
> In use cases where that would be a concern, I wouldn't use 
> Firefox/Clearnet but instead Tor Browser/Whonix completely unmodified 
> and disposable.
>
> In any case: NoScript. Even in 2021 I see no reason whatsoever to have 
> JavaScript on by default. Without JavaScript you are a lot safer, faster 
> and less annoyed. It's like magic ;-)
>
> /Sven
>
> -- 
> public key: https://www.svensemmler.org/0x8F541FB6.asc
> fingerprint: D7CA F2DB 658D 89BC 08D6 A7AA DA6E 167B 8F54 1FB6
>
>

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