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Hiya, just switched to LibreWolf due to Mozilla's recent actions... Just quickly wondering why these two "privacy preferences" are off by default? Are they not worth ticking off? Or is this another "part" of ones fingerprint that makes it more unique?
The reason these aren't ticked is that most people don't tick them, so you're sending websites more data than you would otherwise, and websites don't have to respect these requests at all.
My understanding is those flags are often ignored by the most prolific offenders, and they can even be used as identifiers. I am not an expert though, so maybe others will have more detailed answers.
You pretty much said it.