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Disabling WebGL just gives the fingerprinting code a different data point to fingerprint you with, kind of like “do not track.” I’m not convinced it would make
by pmiller2 7y ago
Disabling WebGL just gives the fingerprinting code a different data point to fingerprint you with, kind of like “do not track.” I’m not convinced it would make any difference.
- saagarjha 7y agoTurning off WebGL is one bit of entropy, though, while allowing access to the canvas may allow much more.
- pmiller2 7y agoNot necessarily. Because disabling WebGL is probably relatively rare, while the API itself is fairly ubiquitous, that one bit probably has a high surprisal value, so it carries more information than it would seem to.
- cinquemb 7y agoYeah, much better to spoof readouts to Canvas, Audio, etc. And this would only be on sites that one would even consider allowing JS to run.