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Disable media device fingerprinting #2378

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RoxKilly opened this issue Feb 14, 2017 · 2 comments
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Disable media device fingerprinting #2378

RoxKilly opened this issue Feb 14, 2017 · 2 comments

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@RoxKilly
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Since Firefox 39, it may be possible for Javascript to fingerprint hardware media devices (microphones, cameras, etc...) through the MediaDevices API - in particular MediaDevices.enumerateDevices()

This can be disabled by setting the user preference media.navigator.enabled = false (source: search for the preference on this page

Since uBlock Origin has a privacy section in its settings, I wondered whether you would be interested in adding this option.

@gorhill
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gorhill commented Feb 14, 2017

Duplicate of #1647 and many other such requests: counter-fingerprinting is a huge undertaking, worthy of being its own extension. People will have to find another developer, I can't volunteer for even more stuff.

@Atavic
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Atavic commented Feb 14, 2017

You can modify user.js against privacy leaks, then use ublock for specific page elements.

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