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Re:Why Gibiru attempts to take the canvas image data of my b... by hosa on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:32PM (#38746675)
Firefox has blocked their attempt for canvas, why would they need it while most sites don’t ?

n.b. Gibiru is a supposedly private search website based on Google..

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Re:Why Gibiru attempts to take the canvas image data of my b... by crumpled on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:43PM (#38746800)
The obvious answer is browser fingerprinting.

You probably already knew that. I'm just mentioning the missing context of this post.

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Re:Why Gibiru attempts to take the canvas image data of my b... by snitch182 on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:50PM (#38747490)
Yeah, you can fingerprint by using fonts on canvas. The are oh so slightly differently aliased. If i recall correctly.
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Re:Why Gibiru attempts to take the canvas image data of my b... by hosa on Sunday December 24, 2023 @05:41PM (#38757731)
Yes I do already know that.. I find it criminal that they call themselves private then take your fingerprint.. Even Google and Bing don’t do that!
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