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# What is Browser Fingerprinting? (Interview with Rui Hildt)
- URL: https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/09/12/what-is-browser-fingerprinting-and-how-to-stop-it/
- Published: 2025-09-12T00:54:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-12T00:59:27.000Z
- Description: Every day when you browse the internet, you share identifiable information about your device and browser that companies use to target you with advertising and track your activity across the web.
- Author: Jordan Warne
- Tags: Videos

In this video interview with Rui Hildt from the Mullvad Browser team, we uncover how this tracking technology works and how you can fight back!

[Recommended Web Browsers](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/)

## Resources: 

[ANTI-FINGERPRINTING | Tor Project | Tor Browser ManualDefend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship. | ANTI-FINGERPRINTING![](https://www.privacyguides.org/content/images/icon/favicon-5.ico)Tor Logo![](https://www.privacyguides.org/content/images/thumbnail/tor-logo@2x.png)](https://tb-manual.torproject.org/anti-fingerprinting/ )

[Browser fingerprinting – tracking behind the curtainWhen it comes to mass surveillance, browser fingerprinting as a means for tracking people, isn’t as straightforward as tracking via IP addresses and cookies.![](https://www.privacyguides.org/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-5.png)Mullvad VPN![](https://www.privacyguides.org/content/images/thumbnail/MullvadVPN_logo_Round_RGB_Color_positive.png)](https://mullvad.net/en/browser/browser-fingerprinting)

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#### Sources

1:10 <https://amiunique.org>  
2:16 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/>  
2:25 <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/third-party-cookies-firefox-tracking-protection>  
2:33 <https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/21/forget-chrome-google-will-start-tracking-you-and-all-your-smart-devices-in-8-weeks/>  
4:12 <https://amiunique.org>  
4:24 <https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/>  
5:38 <https://fingerprint.com/demo/>  
5:44 <https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/>  
7:06 <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fingerprintjs-raises-32m-to-empower-developers-to-combat-online-fraud-301415570.html>  
7:20 <https://privacysandbox.google.com/cookies/chips-transition>  
9:14 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/#firefox>  
9:28 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/#mullvad-browser>  
9:38 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/#brave>  
12:13 <https://mullvad.net/en/browser>  
12:22 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XByp-F8FXtg>  
12:37 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/vpn-overview/>  
12:54 <https://chromewebstore.google.com/>  
13:38 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/browser-extensions/>  
13:51 <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/darkreader/>  
14:42 <https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1minxza/vpn%5Fdetected/>  
15:44 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/why-privacy-matters/>