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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/
It's been a long while since I looked, but I remember it being a thing in tails to specifically not resize your browser window or only have it full screen to match a ton of other fingerprints.
Plus since it was a live distro that reset on every reboot it would only have the same fonts and other data as other people using tails. Honestly, I hate that all that info is even available to browsers and web sites at all.
No, it is not. Tor Browser != Tor. Get your shit right or be pwned.
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.