Canvas fingerprint

1. How does Canvas Fingerprinting work?
2. How do you prevent canvas fingerprints?
3. What is canvas fingerprint defender?

How does Canvas Fingerprinting work?

Canvas fingerprinting works by exploiting the HTML5 canvas element. As described by Acar et al. in: When a user visits a page, the fingerprinting script first draws text with the font and size of its choice and adds background colors (1).

How do you prevent canvas fingerprints?

Because canvas fingerprinting requires both the HTML5 Canvas API and JavaScript to work, it can be effectively blocked by disabling JavaScript in your browser.

What is canvas fingerprint defender?

Canvas Fingerprint Defender is a lite extension that let you easily hide your real canvas fingerprint by reporting a random fake value.