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minus-squareCorvidae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIs there any value in redundancy?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agono, but no harm either. they use the same lists so one of them will just be doing nothing whenever the other removes something.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day ago no, but no harm either Some harm, but (somewhat) minor. Installing addons for Firefox makes you more susceptible to browser fingerprinting due to fewer people having the same setup. It’s harder to fingerprint your browser if you’re just running defaults
Is there any value in redundancy?
no, but no harm either. they use the same lists so one of them will just be doing nothing whenever the other removes something.
Some harm, but (somewhat) minor. Installing addons for Firefox makes you more susceptible to browser fingerprinting due to fewer people having the same setup. It’s harder to fingerprint your browser if you’re just running defaults