Please remove the hardcoded /fp2.js rule - EFF panopticlick tracking tests unless it's actually compromising your privacy

[jawz101]

I don't see the point of simply blocking /fp2.js by hardcoding it in a list.
enhancedstats-addon.txt

If their purpose is to test certain fingerprinting techniques and you learn if you're being protected from various techniques, why prevent a test script? You're effectively breaking the test of techniques that thousands of actual tracking companies use by blocking a harmless test script.

I liken this to cell phone companies overclocking your phone when running benchmark apps. It helps your brand but we're actually trying to test something specific.

[ryanbr]

"fp" is a finger print script, not sure why panopticlick is using this name?

[jawz101]

Because it tests for fingerprinting?

[jawz101]

It would be nice to know that I'm blocking a particular thing like reading my available fonts, not that a file named fp2.js was used. I mean people who actually fingerprint can name the script anything else and it gets allowed.