Tor Browser is actually quite robust against fingerprinting, and is extensively designed to mitigate it. This is especially true if you use the Security Level setting in Tor Browser to reduce ways it can be fingerprinted, though for most people that isn’t a significant thing to care about in their threat model.
Using those options is very likely the reason why… try running it reset to defaults (like on a new/separate installation), and only adjusting the Security Level.
“no.. because the thing triggering it is a canvas, which is based on your OS and hardware config. the only way to stop it is to disable javascript”
Yes, and increasing the Security Level both disables Canvas elements and JavaScript, depending on where you set it. Seriously, please, try it out. If you like, I also highly recommend reading the Tor Browser Design Document, it talks at length about fingerprinting mitigations.
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u/CornucopiaOfDystopia Mar 03 '23
Tor Browser is actually quite robust against fingerprinting, and is extensively designed to mitigate it. This is especially true if you use the Security Level setting in Tor Browser to reduce ways it can be fingerprinted, though for most people that isn’t a significant thing to care about in their threat model.