Troubleshooting Is CanvasDefender Necessary?

[CooperateCarefully]

Is the Chrome extension, CanvasDefender necessary when I noticed that uMatrix already has a spoofer there anyway?

 

[DeepWeb]

In my opinion, it's like walking on Times Square with a mask on. Yes, nobody will be able to identify you, then again you are the only one wearing a mask so you stand out of the crowd. It only makes you even "more" unique than you already are when your intention should be to blend in so that they can't tell who you are.

I tried it for a few weeks and gave up. It breaks some of my favorite websites.

 

[CooperateCarefully]

Hmm....I read an article I think yesterday that said that a lot of people are using it now. I remember it saying that the key is that your unique signature keeps changing randomly because you really can't blend in. For example, if you have a certain graphics card that only 5% of the market has...and then with your extensions...everyone is really unique.

But I was just wondering if the extension was needed at all because uMatrix has an option to spoofer that changes periodically. So is canvas defender necessary?

Or is HTTPS Everywhere also necessary because uMatrix also has an option to only allow HTTPS.

So many programs overlap in functions and I'm not sure if the execution of the function is comparable.

 

[Tsiehshi]

In my opinion, it's like walking on Times Square with a mask on. Yes, nobody will be able to identify you, then again you are the only one wearing a mask so you stand out of the crowd. It only makes you even "more" unique than you already are when your intention should be to blend in so that they can't tell who you are.

I tried it for a few weeks and gave up. It breaks some of my favorite websites.

Pretty much this. Making your canvas signature unique, which is the point of Canvas Defender (just look at that), does more harm than good. From the browserleaks comments section:

The point is: Canvas Defender will get you a new and unique fingerprint signature. (100% (0 of 176794 user agents have the same signature) This is not good because your signature needs to be like 95-98% unique.

PS. My Opera pretends to be Chrome in the browserleaks test, but creates a unique signature according to Panopticlick.

 

[Arequire]

I wouldn't bother trying to manipulate your browser's fingerprint if I were you. Chances are you'll come out looking more unique the more you try and do so. Better off sticking to tried and tested methods for improving your privacy.

To answer your question: No, Canvas Defender isn't necessary. HTTPS Everywhere can still be used.