A Survey of Browser Fingerprint Research and Application

Table 3

Summary of browser fingerprinting defense.

Methods of defense	Representative work	Advantage	Disadvantage
Browser protection plug-in	[32, 33]	Development and application are convenient	The browser plug-in itself can also become an identified feature
Randomization method	[35–37]	Randomization can disguise as a desired feature while protecting user privacy	Abnormal combinations of random features are quickly identified as false identities
Uniform methods	[38, 39]	Unification facilitates application development and processing	The unification of a single or part of the user still has the recognition value, and the advantages of unification require industry-wide efforts
Other protective way	[40–44]	Hiding browser fingerprints through browsers or modifying network agents is generally better defensive	Users are required to change their browser or modify their network devices