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Do those "dark mode" addons for web browsers create a privacy/fingerprinting vulnerability?
(hexbear.net)
I covered the windows in my room and use a dark theme for everything I can and have become a sort of cave creature in the process, and Its gotten to the point where I have to actively avoid using many websites because the white background causes physical pain in my eyes. I use the cromite browser on my phone and am a fan of the dark theme it applies to most sites, and was wondering if using an addon like that on librewolf would sacrifice any of its resistance to fingerprinting.
The best way to be more private online is to use the TOR browser (as-is, dont add a bunch of add ons). Millions of people use it so fingerprinting is mostly useless, and Javascript is partly disabled by default (this is the secret sauce) plus it has the same list of built-in add ons as everyone else. On top of that it uses the Tor protocol, which is a little slow for streaming video or whatever but it's fine for basic browsing.
Downside is a lot of websites break without Javascript so it's a big annoyance, but if you're doing something you specifically want to be less traceable, then Tor browser is great.
This doesn't outweigh bad opsec though. If you're logged into Google, Microsoft, or Amazon, they don't even need to fingerprint you because you're identifying yourself.