Hot Take Brave Adds Protections Against GPU Fingerprinting

[Parkinsond]

The latest version of the privacy-focused Brave web browser includes new protections against GPU and graphics driver fingerprinting.

“WebGL and WebGPU APIs expose detailed information about users’ graphics cards and drivers that tracking companies use for browser fingerprinting,” Brave vice president of privacy and security Shivan Kaul Sahib explains. “Brave now de-identifies the vendor and renderer strings these APIs report, and adds noise to the list of supported extensions to combat fingerprinting while preserving website functionality.”

Starting with Brave 1.93, these protections are being enabled by default in the desktop and Android versions of the browser, though they’re rolling out over the next several days.

Brave Adds Protections Against GPU Fingerprinting

The latest version of the privacy-focused Brave web browser includes new protections against GPU and graphics driver fingerprinting.

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[Sampei.Nihira]

I don't think they've been implemented yet, at least as far as WebGPU is concerned; I haven't checked WebGL.

When they become available,and I'd ask all users to let us know in this thread if possible,I'll remove my rule for uBo (WebGPU) + Chromium Command Line Switch (WebGL).