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uBO blocks some things related to privace/security, but it doesn't aim to be a full replacement of anti-fingerprint tools, most of related issues/discussions/feature requests to implement such functionality have been declined over years, with a headline message: "that it should be handled by separate dedicated tools":
- (2015) [Add plugin fingerprinting protection](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1037)
- (2016) [Suggestion: Prevent AudioContext fingerprinting](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1647)
- (2016) [Suggestion: Canvas Defender](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1696)
- (2017) [Disable media device fingerprinting](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2378)
- (2017) [Leverage Firefox's upcoming All-in-One Fingerprint resistance](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2381)
- (2018) [Option to block ETag tracking](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/104)
- (2020) [reduce fingerprint produced by uBlock Origin](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1121)
- (2024) [Allow removing `Accept-CH` response headers](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/3230)