# Resist Fingerprinting

> Enables the Resist Fingerprinting preference

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/resist-fingerprinting](https://chrome-stats.com/d/resist-fingerprinting)

## Overview

- **ID:** `resist-fingerprinting`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** freddyb
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 24
- **Rating:** 3.00 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-03-13
- **Size:** 26 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/resist-fingerprinting/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/mozfreddyb/webext-resistfingerprinting/](https://github.com/mozfreddyb/webext-resistfingerprinting/)

## Description

Resist Fingerprinting is a Firefox add-on that allows users to enable the Resist Fingerprinting preference. The add-on helps protect user privacy by making it harder for websites to track and identify users based on unique browser characteristics.

## Rankings

- #22,346 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `privacy`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can change privacy settings, which if misused, may compromise user privacy.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/resist-fingerprinting)