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This add-on allows users to prevent websites from using some Javascript APIs to fingerprint them. Users can choose to block the APIs entirely on some or all websites (which may break some websites) or just block or fake its fingerprinting-friendly readout API.

IMPORTANT: you should only have ONE addon/setting set that protects an API. Otherwise you could face massive performance issues. (E.g. EclipsedMoon for Palemoon has 'canvas.poison' which is known to cause issues: https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker/issues/253#issuecomment-459499290) But setting privacy.resistFingerprinting to true and/or using the new fingerprinting protection introduced with Firefox 67 is fine.


Protected "fingerprinting" APIs:

More information on fingerprinting can be found at:


Beta versions can be found at https://canvasblocker.kkapsner.de/versions/.


The different block modes are:


You can contribute to CanvasBlocker by translating it and/or improving the translations. For further instructions go to https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker/issues/420.

Special thanks to:


If you want to support this addon you can donate to the following addresses: