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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Fonts in the browser (lemmy.zip)

submitted 9 months ago by driveway@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What are the privacy implications of enforcing an obscure font browser-wide (Firefox)? Are the website aware that they're not using some generic/default font?

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[–] thayer@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Perhaps more importantly, websites can determine which fonts are installed on your system (regardless of which you're enforcing), making fingerprinting much easier.

[–] driveway@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago

RFP probably ensures you give out a predetermined set of fonts as installed.

[–] danhab99@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Literally why is this necessary on a technical level. I'm a web developer, whenever I need my JavaScript to access a resource I have to spell out where to find it. I've never had a need to scan the browser or the system to make shit happen so why should I be able to in the first place.