Font Fingerprint Defender

Defending against Font fingerprinting by reporting a fake value.

What is Font Fingerprint Defender?

'Font Fingerprint Defender' is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to systematically protect your privacy online. It achieves this by generating and reporting a random fake font fingerprint every time you visit a site or refresh a page, thus shielding your actual fingerprint. There are no settings to adjust - just add it to your browser and enjoy safer internet browsing.

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.58 (19)

Version: 0.1.5 (Last updated: 2023-04-27)

Creation date: 2020-05-08

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus
notifications

Size: 38.73K

Email: ho*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 9316 ▼ 57

Other rankings

#10241 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 39

Other platforms

Font Fingerprint Defender (v0.1.4)

4.31 (26) 2,117+

Font Fingerprint Defender (v0.1.5)

5.00 (2) 2,284+

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Summary

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Font Fingerprint Defender is a lite extension that let you easily hide your real font fingerprint by reporting a random fake value and protect your privacy.

This add-on does NOT block the fingerprint, instead, it simply adds a small noise to the actual fingerprint and "renews" it every time you visit a website or reload a page. It is important to note that, this add-on does not have any settings or options to adjust. Simply add it to your browser and start surfacing the internet. If you want to test this add-on, please visit a website that show your fingerprint (i.e. webbrowsertools.com/font-fingerprint/). Every time you reload the page, you will see a new fake fingerprint.

This extension is made in collaboration with the author of "Canvas Fingerprint Defender": https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/canvas-fingerprint-defend/lanfdkkpgfjfdikkncbnojekcppdebfp

Note 1: depending on your browser and platform, you may need to (Shift+Refresh) a web page to renew Font fingerprint.

Note 2: To report bugs, please visit addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/font-defender.html) and fill the bug report form.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Works well
Easy to use
Effective for privacy

Cons

Breaks some websites' CSS
Causes issues with scrolling on Discord
Some users report it not working

Most mentioned

Works well
Breaks some websites' CSS
Easy to use

Recent reviews

Ayaan Mohammed, 2024-03-27

noice

Lino Pereira, 2023-08-29

Essa extensão não está fazendo o que promete. Funcionava antes, agora não funciona mais. Eu testei muito usando o site " deviceinfo.me ". This extension is not doing what it promises. It worked before, now it doesn't work anymore. I tested a lot using the " deviceinfo.me " website.

JulioBoy, 2023-05-18

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Safety

Risk impact

Font Fingerprint Defender may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.