Cross-post of Brave fingerprinting protection not entirely foolproof - #7 by Unl0ckd Description of the issue: Brave Desktop fingerprinting protection not working as described. Exact URL of the website in question: Canvas Fingerprinting Canvas fingerprinting is a tracking method that…

[image] Unl0ckd: my understanding is that Brave will, upon closing and re-opening the browser, change the seed(s) that fingerprinters use to calculate a unique ID, hash, etc. for all browsing, not just private Partially correct. There are tons of little details that get randomized. Right now …

@Unl0ckd there’s more lifting going on there than you may think and it’s not tracking as much as you might think. I don’t feel like digging but I remember years ago as people complained about how they thought fingerprint should be 100% randomized every time, it was stressed that fingerprint protecti…

[image] Unl0ckd: Clearing site data Not sure what you cleared, but as a FYI, what I did when I showed how it changed every time for Beta was: [image] The importance in all of that is if it was really identifying us and we were absolutely unique, then it wouldn’t have changed in all of thos…

[image] Unl0ckd: This seems like a bug because: According to https://brave.com/privacy-updates/3-fingerprint-randomization/ , the restarting the browser and visiting this site should result in a different fingerprint (emphasis below mine): Btw, I think you missed something there. So what they…

Thank you so much for your detailed responses, Saoiray! Btw, I think you missed something there. I must be: my understanding is that Brave will, upon closing and re-opening the browser, change the seed(s) that fingerprinters use to calculate a unique ID, hash, etc. for all browsing, not just pri…

[image] Saoiray: Canvas fingerprinting in Brave requires you to clear browsing data to trigger a new randomized fingerprint because Brave stores a per-site seed for canvas spoofing. This design choice balances privacy and site compatibility, and avoids making your browser stand out due to consta…

Fingerprint Protection Regression?

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Unl0ckd July 29, 2025, 2:36pm 7

This. This was what I was misunderstanding about Brave’s functionality. Thank you for this.

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Fingerprint Protection Regression?

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