Canvas Fingerprinting blocked....

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Detected by StopCanvasFingerprinting extension in Google Chrome on a Dutch Newspaper embedded YouTube link:
Blocked 2 potential HTML canvas fingerprinting attempts on this page
Prevented a script on https://www.youtube.com from capturing the following 1px × 1px canvas:
Prevented a script on https://www.youtube.com from capturing the following 470px × 264px canvas:

So youtube is tracking all you watch online, this is among the sneakiest of tracking tool inside your browser.
Glad the extension blocks it.

polonus

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I’m willing to bet that Google isn’t the only one tracking what you watch to present targeted ads.
I personally don’t care. :slight_smile: