HTML5 Canvas Fingerprinting

Discussion in 'privacy general' started by Sampei Nihira, May 30, 2016.

  1. lolnothankyou

    lolnothankyou Registered Member

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    What does "active support" mean? Does 0.5.3 work properly on FF52?
     
  2. guest

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    FF52 is supported but i assume that if there are problems with older versions of (Firefox <60) it will be investigated with lower priority.

    Edit: Announcement: drop active support for Firefox < 60
     
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  3. Sampei Nihira

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    It's right.
    The support of FF 52 ESR ends on September 5th:


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  4. guest

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    CanvasBlocker v0.5.4 Released (September 23, 2018)
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/
    Version 0.5.4:
    changes:
    - converted "API whitelist" to "protected API features" (automatic settings migration)
    - notification details are not stored by default
    - settings page reorganized
    - audio API notifies on every call
    - made audio cache url specific

    new features:
    - added save/load directly to/from file option
    - added protection for DOMRect (getClientRects)
    - added setting to control if notification details should be stored
    - state of the arrow for url specific values is saved
    - browser action icon gets grayed out if the page is whitelisted
    - added search to options page

    fixes:
    - window and audio API were always blocked when using any of the "block ..." modes
    - canvas content was not stored to be displayed when wanted
    - hovering over toolbar icon created error in the browser console
    - canvas content was not shown in ask mode any more

    known issues:
    - if a data URL is blocked the page action button does not appear
     
  5. Minimalist

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    After last update I get Domrect blocked on this forum:

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    Does anybody else get this?
     
  6. guest

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    Yes.
    Not only on wilderssecurity.com but it is also blocked on other websites (The Register, Startpage, etc.)

    It is a new feature of CanvasBlocker v0.5.4:
    And it mitigates for example the following fingerprint technique:
    getClientRects() provides a persistent fingerprint #236
     
  7. Minimalist

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    Thnx mood for explanation. I didn't notice it on other sites yet, or maybe just overlooked it.
     
  8. Socio

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    The Sphere Browser has a pretty sophisticated anti-fingerprinting system built in;

    https://sphere.tenebris.cc/#home

    It has a steep learning curve however, well maybe not for most here.
     
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    CanvasBlocker v0.5.5 Released (October 13, 2018)
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/
    Version 0.5.5:
    changes:
    - DOMRect uses double cache (value and complete DOMRect)

    new features:
    - added settings sanitation page
    - added search field to browser action popup

    fixes:
    - Google images did not work for some users
    - page action was not showing on Firefox Android
    - wrong content script does no longer trigger the settings load forcing

    known issues:
    - if a data URL is blocked the page action button does not appear
     
  10. Sampei Nihira

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    I wrote to Andryou to check "ClientRects Protection" in Scriptsafe:

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  11. Sampei Nihira

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    For Chrome:

    https://www.browserplugs.com/

    Interesting the possibility of randomizing the hashes of the "getclientrects fingerprinting" test.
    Functionality not present in Scriptsafe.


    It remains to be verified if it works correctly (it's beta version).
     
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  12. NiteRanger

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  13. Sampei Nihira

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    :thumb:
    Works well on Chrome.
    GetClientRects protection not work on Firefox 52 ESR.

    TRACE



    P.S. "Screen Resolution Tracking" is inefficient with default values.
     
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  14. NiteRanger

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    So what values do you recommend?

    Does GetClientRects protection works on FF Quantum v62.x?
     
  15. Sampei Nihira

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    1000

    I do not know.

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    The extension can not be installed on Basilisk.
     
  16. NiteRanger

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    You mean +1000 to -1000? Or +500 to -500? Why this number? Thanks
     
  17. Sampei Nihira

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    Because with the default values the changes are minimal.
     
  18. Sampei Nihira

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    Thank you very much for this thread - I got Trace and Browser Plugs to test from it - thank you posters.
     
  20. Sampei Nihira

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    I recommend users who use Scriptsafe to perform some tests because I think the extension is outdated and does not protect some privacy setting.
     
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  21. NiteRanger

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    But ScriptSafe does block the below tests which TRACE failed

    http://ubercookie.robinlinus.com/faq.html
     
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  22. Sampei Nihira

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    But it fails the WebRTC test to hide Local IP, spoof Time Zone................
     
  23. NiteRanger

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    That I agreed.

    With proper preferences settings FF does not support WebRTC so it's ok

    Chrome failed so need to use WebRTC Control extension. If you test it at browserleaks.com it'll show the same result as FF. So far I have tested no other extension can do such. But in using this extension and playing Youtube other clips cannot be shown. Ungoogled Chromium don't have this issue
     
  24. Sampei Nihira

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    Trace.
     
  25. NiteRanger

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    FF and Chrome (with WebRTC Control) give zero readout from browserleaks.com

    TRACE cannot do it
     
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