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I've seen some browser extensions that use local copies of the usual CDN scripts and such. I wonder how much better that could be if it was a proper browser feature coupled with some sort of a privacy proxy? Though I imagine that the same local cache fingerprinting issues might still apply here.

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Decentraleyes

Better look at LocalCDN instead as it gets updated more often:

https://www.localcdn.org/

Oh, you mean localcdn is not yet ready?

Sorry, I reworded my comment. I meant that Decentraleyes isn't getting updated.

Don't all browsers cache ( common, like jQuery) js and css stuff locally?

Most browsers changed that to a site-based cache instead of a global one.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-to-ship-network-partit...

They might cache it if the server allows them to cache it.

But evil servers don't.

Example: gravatar.com gives an expiration time of 5 minutes.

curl -q -i --output - https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/70d9b050bfe39350c234d710fadf... | grep -a xpires

expires: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 11:54:40 GMT

I suspected it, thanks for confirming. What about fonts.googleapis.com, is it cached client side?

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