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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by ThePowerOfFuet on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:30AM (#50454587)
HTML5 canvas data access has been behind such a permission dialog on Firefox (at least on desktop) for a long time now.
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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by idbehold on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:47AM (#50454790)
I'm on desktop Firefox v160.0 and I've never seen a permission dialog like that and under settings I see:

    Permissions
    Manage what websites can access, control, or trigger.
    
        Location
        Camera
        Device apps and services
        Local network devices
        Microphone
        Speaker
        Notifications
        Autoplay
        Virtual reality
None of those seem to be for accessing canvas data.
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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by deltoidmaximus on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:13PM (#50455833)
Not sure what my settings are but I've definitely seen the pop up at browse time "Website wants to access canvas data" or similar with a decline option. It might be under the umbrella of settings changed by setting Enhanced Tracking Protection to Strict.
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