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Features that gngr will not support

hrj edited this page Aug 5, 2016 · 14 revisions

Never ever

Needs more thought

These features are good to have sometimes, but have fingerprinting potential. They should surely be opt-in though.

  • WebGL
  • WebRTC
  • Canvas
  • KeyboardEvent.code (can be misused for fingerprinting keyboard).

References

  1. http://blog.add0n.com/2016/03/23/html5-apis-fingerprint-users-how-to-prevent.html
  2. https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/battery-status-readout-as-a-privacy-risk/
  3. https://www.browserleaks.com/
  4. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12167209
  5. https://github.com/w3c/resource-timing/issues/64
  6. https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/client-identification-mechanisms
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