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by 0942v8653 2757 days ago
This is what Tor does, I believe. The problem with spoofing the fingerprint is that all the features that allow you to be fingerprinted are features that are in use by some site or another, so it would break compatibility.
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Ya. I suppose you're right.

So long as the client runtime can inspect the host, inferring the fingerprint, and call back to the mothership, there's no foolproof, durable way to defeat fingerprinting.

At best, fudging the fingerprint just buys some time in the arms race.