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Anti-fingerprinting measures

Methods used to prevent fingerprinting, including deterministic anti-fingerprinting measures and per-session noise/randomization

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Jan 31, 2026
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How does DuckDuckGo prevent targeted ads and third-party trackers?

prevents targeted ads and third‑party trackers primarily by blocking tracking requests before they load, limiting cookie lifetimes when blocking would break sites, and offering app‑level protections t...

Jan 28, 2026
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How can users combine browser settings and extensions with DuckDuckGo to reduce fingerprinting risks?

offers multiple layers of tracking protection—blocking third‑party trackers before they load and implementing features like and link/CNAME protections—that reduce the surface available for , but those...

Jan 29, 2026
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What specific fingerprinting protections does Tor Browser implement that Brave’s Tor window omits?

purposefully implements a suite of aggressive, deterministic anti‑ measures — font and language normalization, user‑agent and OS spoofing, screen‑size “bucketing” with letterboxing, and active‑vector ...

Feb 5, 2026

How does DuckDuckGo's Privacy Essentials extension reduce browser fingerprinting?

’s Privacy Essentials reduces primarily by blocking and preventing scripts from combining disparate browser and device signals into a unique identifier, and by layering anti‑fingerprinting features al...

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