Reviews for CanvasBlocker
CanvasBlocker by kkapsner
Review by Firefox user 15038450
Rated 4 out of 5
by Firefox user 15038450, 6 years agoI changed my rating.
Originally I put 1 star because:
1. https://amiunique.org/ reports me as UNIQUE.
2. No support email, only github (I don't even know what it is and I do not want to create account only to ask for support).
Happy to change rating if I receive support (not github but email or phone) and problem is fixed.
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I changed to 4 stars because:
1. I was explained that it does not matter if I am unique as long as my profile changes each time which, apparently, it does.
2. The developer contacted me privately even though he's alone and he's not a company or a team. I appreciated that.
3. I put 4 stars instead of 5 because we have become used to better user interface layouts.
All in all I am happy and I recommend it.
Originally I put 1 star because:
1. https://amiunique.org/ reports me as UNIQUE.
2. No support email, only github (I don't even know what it is and I do not want to create account only to ask for support).
Happy to change rating if I receive support (not github but email or phone) and problem is fixed.
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I changed to 4 stars because:
1. I was explained that it does not matter if I am unique as long as my profile changes each time which, apparently, it does.
2. The developer contacted me privately even though he's alone and he's not a company or a team. I appreciated that.
3. I put 4 stars instead of 5 because we have become used to better user interface layouts.
All in all I am happy and I recommend it.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoThe same issue is discussed at https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/reviews/1141570/ and https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker/issues/154
In short: it fine to have these sites to report a unique fingerprint as long as the fingerprint changes (which is the case in the default CB settings). You can open up the console (Ctrl + Shift + K) and have a look at the actual fingerprint. There you will see that the protected fingerprints change with each reload.
Regarding support: github is mainly a code managing service (you can look at the complete source code and history of CB there). But it also offers a requirement and bug tracking feature. As I am only one person I have no time to give individual email (or even phone) support. On github some helping angels can support me. Also it provides an overview of already asked questions and open issues so other people with the same issue can see that it is known and/or what the solution is.
In short: it fine to have these sites to report a unique fingerprint as long as the fingerprint changes (which is the case in the default CB settings). You can open up the console (Ctrl + Shift + K) and have a look at the actual fingerprint. There you will see that the protected fingerprints change with each reload.
Regarding support: github is mainly a code managing service (you can look at the complete source code and history of CB there). But it also offers a requirement and bug tracking feature. As I am only one person I have no time to give individual email (or even phone) support. On github some helping angels can support me. Also it provides an overview of already asked questions and open issues so other people with the same issue can see that it is known and/or what the solution is.
417 reviews
Developer response
posted a day agoA unique fingerprint is not a bad thing if it changes: https://canvasblocker.kkapsner.de/faq/#uniqueFingerprint- Rated 2 out of 5by blackSP, 2 days agoChecked before and after installing/activating this extension trying all profiles and see zero improvement in my identification score on several fingerprinting sites like coveryourtracks.eff.org and amiunique.org. Benefit of the doubt after reading dev's comment that it works anyway. Can't find any proof of that though.
Developer response
posted a day agoYou need to check the details of the fingerprinting sites. Depending on your settings you can have a unique fingerprint - but this is not a bad thing if it changes: https://canvasblocker.kkapsner.de/faq/#uniqueFingerprint - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17902463, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by CyberV99, 10 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by FFReviewAccount, 21 days agoHelps stop sites and corporations from tracking your internet activity. It works with no issues.
Developer response
posted 24 days agoPlease check if the solution in https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker/issues/734#issuecomment-2549927939 solves your problem. If not please comment on this issue with your CanvasBlocker settings so I can investigate.- Rated 5 out of 5by RazorCMV, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12097049, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Szaboo Ferenc, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jonah, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18602700, 4 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by celever.boy, 4 months agoon canvasblocker.kkapsner.de/test/test.html this add-on change everythings except "offscreen Worker Test" the value always same after refresh and causes they still track you. i hope developer fix it
Developer response
posted 24 days agoUnfortunately the workers do not offer an API to interact with them from a web extension. That's why I opened https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636977.
So I do not see a maintainable way to handle this issue. (The only would be to disable workers...) - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18605300, 4 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by zeblur, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Shefour, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Aaaa, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18555038, 5 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Andre Bell, 5 months agoDamages Linkedin, as other comments here and on github have noted. Enable 'Advanced' settings and add Linkedin.com to the whitelist and all is well again. Do NOT alter any other settings unless you want your browser vulnerable to the noted exploit mentioned in the FAQ.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Rint Fint, 6 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by TELLALL4ALL, 6 months ago8-31-24: slows down and blocks some pages from loading-alerts from browser that CB is fucking up your connection
produces frequent error" canvas blocker is slowing down your browser, stop it?"
browser and or webpage issues warning that this extension is slowing down your browser do you want to stop it? - Rated 4 out of 5by newmomizi (JP), 6 months agoウェブサイトが全く正常に動作しないことはほとんどありませんが、一部のウェブサイトでは非常に動作が遅くなることがあります。
性能の低いコンピュータでこれを使用するのはおすすめしません。 - Rated 5 out of 5by Moejoe, 6 months agoUnderrated extension, everyone who values privacy should use it.