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The first thing I do when setting up new Chrome instance, is disabling almost every API in its settings, including Notifications API. You can always enable it l
by vbezhenar 10mo ago
The first thing I do when setting up new Chrome instance, is disabling almost every API in its settings, including Notifications API. You can always enable it later for a few selected websites (I'm using it for Telegram Web), and rest of the websites will just silently rejected.
- sallveburrpi 10mo agoIt’s kind of a given that the average HN reader won’t have any problems with this (like who is opening a browser without ublock origin on it?) - but like 90% of the population are powerless against this literal cyber bullying; it’s really sad
- BizarroLand 10mo agoYou could also stop using chrome and switch to waterfox or some other mozilla derivative. If you have a site that "requires" chrome, you can easily add a user-agent switcher extension to fool whatever JS nonsense that claims to require chrome.
- rationalist 10mo agoI would bet money that 99+% of the population never goes into their web browser's settings. Unfortunately I don't know of any way to prove or disprove that.
- IshKebab 10mo agoI've done this for passkeys.