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HTTPSwitchBoard [1] seems to a decent job of blocking most (not all) of these methods. I currently have it configured to only allow scripts from the domain I'm visiting and quite a few of the methods mentioned rely on scripts/cookies hosted by third party websites. Granted, switchboard is far from foolproof but it's a step in the right direction.

[1] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard

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I'm still waiting for a Firefox version, especially to avoid Adblocks's overhead. I currently have Privoxy installed as a replacement, but it's too cumbersome.

There's always the RequestPolicy plugin, though it does not appear quite as nuanced.

Random Agent Spoofer is another great tool for blocking browser fingerprinting https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-... (git version is newer https://github.com/dillbyrne/random-agent-spoofer) Always in conjunction with the classic recipe ABP+NoScript.

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