<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Apple introduced advanced fingerprinting protection in Safari 17 to reduce fingerprinting accuracy by limiting information or adding randomness.</li><li>The protection is enabled by default in private mode and disabled in normal mode on both desktop and mobile platforms.</li><li>It affects various APIs, including Screen API, Canvas API, and specifically the Audio API.</li><li>Audio fingerprinting uses the browser's Audio API to create a unique identifier from audio signal samples.</li><li>Despite the protection measures, concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of adding uniform noise for security.</li><li>Some individuals question the efficacy of these measures due to the potential for data leakage and side-channel attacks.</li><li>There are doubts about the long-term effectiveness of the added noise in protecting against fingerprinting.</li><li>Jeff Johnson expressed his decision to opt-out of advanced tracking and fingerprinting protection warnings.</li><li>Previously, Safari introduced Safari Private Browsing 2.0 as part of its privacy-enhancing features.</li></ul>

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