Post #2336485
2026-04-04 14:55 UTC
I've tested this in Brave, and I think this works in all Chromium browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, etc) as if you needed another reason to switch to one of the few non Chromium browsers: Waterfox, Firefox, Safari, etc.
Firefox explicitly "prevents websites from fingerprinting a browser by examining the extensions it has installed": https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/web_accessible_resources#using_web_accessible_resources
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@ayke@hachyderm.io 2026-04-04 20:36
@jasoncoon@leds.social didn't read up on it, but: lots of extensions insert bits of HTML or change the current page in some way. For example, ad blockers. This is something that is probably detectable in Firefox? It would reveal a lot less extensions though, but might still be a problem. It would also be a lot more work to create.