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lxgrtoday at 2:51 PM2 repliesview on HN

> The scan probes for thousands of specific extensions by ID, collects the results

Why exactly does Chrome even allow this in the first place!? This is the most surprising takeaway for me here, given browser vendors' focus on hardening against fingerprinting.


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spopejoytoday at 3:18 PM

Firefox FTW. I was relieved to find this was a Chrome-only problem.

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susupro1today at 3:27 PM

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