Firefox @lemmy.ml Clandestine @lemmy.zip 2 wk. ago

Quck enable/disable WebGL on FF

Straight to the point: Is there some way to add a button or shortcut to quickly enable/disable WebGL without having to find it in settings every time?

The only issues I'm having using FF are all related to having WebGL disabled, so I find myself reactivating it relatively often. I wish there was some kind of quick way to enable it for this session only, or for this tab only. If you have any ideas, please let me know.

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NoScript enables you to enable or disable WebGL per site. If you don't want to deal with the hassle of websites being broken, you can set the default to enable JS but disable WebGL then set applications to be trusted with WebGL.
- I'll try this, thanks!
Why do you disable it at all?
- Well I appreciate the downvote from ya but this is likely an x-y problem.
  
  https://xyproblem.info/
  
  Was going to suggest an extension to create false fingerprinting since I can't think of any other reason.
  
  Yeah that's the other solution I was thinking of.
- WebGL is a strong fingerprinting vector, and as it is not needed for 95% of the webpages I use, I'd rather keep it off. And since the last 5% is a bit annoying at times, I wanted to hear if there are good solutions out there.
- Because it's a privacy and security risk? Because it reduces fingerprinting?
  
  But disabling it creates a whole slew of issues, hence the post. Turns out there's much better solutions.
On librewolf I get a popup when a site wants to use openGL
- What I'm using LibreWolf and I didn't. I probably disabled it at some point then. Oops

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