I’m the Never Ending Pie Throwing Robot, aka NEPTR.

Linux enthusiast, programmer, and privacy advocate. I’m nearly done with an IT Security degree.

TL;DR I am a nerd.

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  • I also experience with Secureblue, so here are my answers:

    • I used GNOME because it is the only DE that protects the screen copy API. I used GNOME extensions because native methods of customizing UI/UX are very limited.
    • I personally re-enabl Xwayland because many apps (eg Steam) still use/require XOrg.
    • Yes I recommend use and recommend Bubblejail as a simple way of sandboxing some apps. Not a “super tight” but much better than unsandboxed. FYI, AppImages don’t work with Bubblejail, or Secureblue (cus they remove the unmaintained FUSE dependency).

  • Online tests of uniqueness are skewed by the population who uses them, aka privacy-conscious aren’t the typical user even if a dataset overrepresents.

    My point was introducing Canvas noise isnt going to make you less fingerprintable, actually quite the opposite. Firefox’s RFP is much better at normalizing fingerprintable metrics and is native. Canvas is one of many many other fingerprinting vectors.

    If you go the route of trying to protect against fingerprinting through randomization, use the extension JShelter which seems to do much more noise than Canvas blocker does. I am still very skeptical of it (and other anti-fingerprinting extensions) because of how complex fingerprinting is.