Joe12387 / browser-fingerprinting-resistance-research

List of current browser fingerprinting protections used by various browsers and their effectiveness against various fingerprinting techniques & services.

Browser Fingerprinting Resistance Research (Work in Progress)

This repo is a summary of current browser fingerprinting protections used by various browsers and their effectiveness against various fingerprinting techniques & services.

Techniques

These are known fingerprinting techniques & each browser's susceptibility to each for tracking purposes. This list is not exhaustive.

	Chrome	Safari	Edge	Firefox	Brave	Opera	Tor / Mullvad
Canvas API	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant
OffscreenCanvas	❌ Vulnerable	⚠️ Flawed	❌ Vulnerable	⚠️ Flawed	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant
AudioContext	❌ Vulnerable	⚠️ Flawed	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Disabled
OfflineAudioContext	❌ Vulnerable	⚠️ Flawed	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Disabled
WebGLProgram	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Disabled
WEBGL_debug_renderer_info	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Disabled
Timing Resolution	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Unaffected	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Unaffected	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Unaffected
hardwareConcurrency	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant
deviceMemory	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Unaffected	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Unaffected	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Unaffected
doNotTrack	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Unaffected	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant
Font Detection	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant
screen	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Resistant
jsHeapSizeLimit	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Unaffected	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Unaffected	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Unaffected
WebRTC	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	❌ Vulnerable	✅ Disabled

Updated: Sun, Mar 17, 2024

Services & Projects

These are various fingerprinting services & projects, and their current effectiveness towards various browsers.

	Chrome	Safari	Edge	Firefox	Brave	Opera	Tor / Mullvad
Fingerprint	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	✅ Resistant
CreepJS	⚠️ Trackable	✅ Resistant	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	✅ Resistant
Snowcat Cloud	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	⚠️ Trackable	✅ Resistant?

Updated: Wed, Apr 17, 2024