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@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ This add-on allows users to prevent websites from using some Javascript APIs to
<b>IMPORTANT</b>: you should only have ONE addon/setting set that protects an API. Otherwise you could face massive performance issues. (E.g. EclipsedMoon for Palemoon has 'canvas.poison' which is known to cause issues: https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker/issues/253#issuecomment-459499290)
But setting privacy.resistFingerprinting to true and/or using the new fingerprinting protection introduced with Firefox 67 is fine.
Protected "fingerprinting" APIs:
<ul>
<li>canvas 2d</li>
<li>webGL</li>
<li>audio</li>
<li>history</li>
<li>window (disabled by default)</li>
<li>DOMRect</li>
<li>navigator (disabled by default)</li>
<li>screen</li>
</ul>
More information on fingerprinting can be found at:
<ul>
<li> &lt;canvas&gt;: http://www.browserleaks.com/canvas</li>
@ -30,16 +42,4 @@ The different block modes are:
<li> allow everything: Ignore all lists and allow the protected APIs on all websites.</li>
</ul>
Protected "fingerprinting" APIs:
<ul>
<li>canvas 2d</li>
<li>webGL</li>
<li>audio</li>
<li>history</li>
<li>window (disabled by default)</li>
<li>DOMRect</li>
<li>navigator (disabled by default)</li>
<li>screen</li>
</ul>
Please report issues and feature requests at https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker/issues