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No it isn't.
And this is really important. If you go on Google tracked websites without tor, Google will still know it's you when you use tor, even if you've cleared all your cookies.
Tor means people don't know your IP address. It doesn't protect against other channels of privacy attack.
Yes, it is.. Tor prevents against fingerprinting as well. It isn't just relay plumbing to protect your IP.. This can easily be tested on any fingerprinting site with default config of Tor demonstrating a low entropy https://blog.torproject.org/browser-fingerprinting-introduction-and-challenges-ahead/
Tor browser is not Tor.
This is Tor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network)
Tor browser is an additional piece of software built on top of it. Using the network(what everyone else means when they say tor) is unfortunately not enough to prevent fingerprinting.
Good point, that difference does matter. I guess other browsers like Brave use the Tor Network, and it would be misleading to suggest Brave has good anti-fingerprinting.
What kind of fingerprint avoidance are you suggesting then that the Tor browser cannot do that makes a difference?
If you enable JavaScript, you open Pandora's box to fingerprinting (e.g. tracking mouse movements, certain hardware details, etc). If you don't, half (or more) of the internet is unusable.