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No, this is different. This feature is a block list of known fingerprinting and cryptomining scripts. The privacy.resistFingerprinting flag changes Firefox settings that scripts use to fingerprint users, such as User-Agent string, window dimensions, and time zone (as you mentioned). The flag is enabled in Tor but not Firefox because the setting changes can break some websites or hurt performance.


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