Updated Does uBO protect against fingerprinting? (markdown)

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uBO blocks some things related to privace/security, but it doesn't aim to be a full replacement of anti-fingerprint tools, most of related issues/discussions/feature requests to implement such functionality have been declined over years, with a headline message: "that it should be handled by separate dedicated tools": uBO blocks some things related to privace/security, but it doesn't aim to be a full replacement of anti-fingerprint tools, most of related issues/discussions/feature requests to implement such functionality have been declined over years, with a headline message: "that it should be handled by separate dedicated tools":
- (2015) [Add plugin fingerprinting protection](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1037) - (12.2015) [Add plugin fingerprinting protection](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1037)
- (2016) [Suggestion: Prevent AudioContext fingerprinting](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1647) - (05.2016) [Suggestion: Prevent AudioContext fingerprinting](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1647)
- (2016) [Suggestion: Canvas Defender](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1696) - (06.2016) [Suggestion: Canvas Defender](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1696)
- (2017) [Disable media device fingerprinting](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2378) - (02.2017) [Disable media device fingerprinting](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2378)
- (2017) [Leverage Firefox's upcoming All-in-One Fingerprint resistance](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2381) - (02.2017) [Leverage Firefox's upcoming All-in-One Fingerprint resistance](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2381)
- (2018) [Option to block ETag tracking](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/104) - (06.2018) [Option to block ETag tracking](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/104)
- (2020) [reduce fingerprint produced by uBlock Origin](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1121) - (06.2020) [reduce fingerprint produced by uBlock Origin](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1121)
- (2024) [Allow removing `Accept-CH` response headers](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/3230) - (05.2024) [Allow removing `Accept-CH` response headers](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/3230)
Hence there is no point in spamming the issue tracker by creating new duplicates over and over, discussion and sharing opinions should be continued in already existing threads, new threads will be labeled as `invalid` or `duplicate` and closed.