Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoChrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensionswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up1853arrow-down19
arrow-up1844arrow-down1external-linkChrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensionswww.androidpolice.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square227fedilink
minus-squaregwen@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoi never understood how those messages work? like how would using firefox ruin your website? or how they even detect firefox in the first place lmfao
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThey can in theory make tricks showing that you are using an ad blocker or a specific browser. Even if you set Chrome’s user agent in Firefox. I personally wouldn’t make such effort to use such websites then.
minus-squareRolling Resistance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBrowsers have user-agent identifiers, websites can see what browser and what version you use. They are mostly used to run browser-dependent code to avoid some things breaking in some browsers.
i never understood how those messages work? like how would using firefox ruin your website? or how they even detect firefox in the first place lmfao
They can in theory make tricks showing that you are using an ad blocker or a specific browser. Even if you set Chrome’s user agent in Firefox.
I personally wouldn’t make such effort to use such websites then.
Browsers have user-agent identifiers, websites can see what browser and what version you use.
They are mostly used to run browser-dependent code to avoid some things breaking in some browsers.