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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 97327" data-source="post: 1031360">[USER=80838]@Jan Willy[/USER]&nbsp; You are correct the EU funding stopped, so probably the development also <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite111" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />&nbsp; I looked on GitHub, but it seems asleep now (to say it nicely), it uses WebRequest API, so as far as I understand it works okay as long as MV2 is supported.[USER=71262]@oldschool[/USER]&nbsp; I have blocked access to Motion and Light Sensors in Edge (an option in site permission in all Chomium browsers). And when a website tries to access this API you get a sign in the address bar. I did some testing and it seems that websites trying to fingerprint visitors use this option most of the time (8 out of 10 times when JShelter FingerPrint protector judged that this website tried to track me with fingerprinting, Edge also showed the &quot;this site has been blocked using motion sensors&quot;).&nbsp; So I thank you for attending me on this extension, but I think I will go for the 80% percent next best solution, by using indicator of build-in Edge, because JShelter uses quite some CPU (see spoiler). Nevertheless I learned a lot from using JShelter, so an explicit thank you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />[SPOILER=&quot;CPU usage JShelter with Javascript shield OFF&quot;][ATTACH=full]273731[/ATTACH][/SPOILER]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 97327, post: 1031360"] [USER=80838]@Jan Willy[/USER] You are correct the EU funding stopped, so probably the development also :( I looked on GitHub, but it seems asleep now (to say it nicely), it uses WebRequest API, so as far as I understand it works okay as long as MV2 is supported. [USER=71262]@oldschool[/USER] I have blocked access to Motion and Light Sensors in Edge (an option in site permission in all Chomium browsers). And when a website tries to access this API you get a sign in the address bar. I did some testing and it seems that websites trying to fingerprint visitors use this option most of the time (8 out of 10 times when JShelter FingerPrint protector judged that this website tried to track me with fingerprinting, Edge also showed the "this site has been blocked using motion sensors"). So I thank you for attending me on this extension, but I think I will go for the 80% percent next best solution, by using indicator of build-in Edge, because JShelter uses quite some CPU (see spoiler). Nevertheless I learned a lot from using JShelter, so an explicit thank you (y) [SPOILER="CPU usage JShelter with Javascript shield OFF"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1679239918540.png"]273731[/ATTACH] [/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]

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