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Bug 729452 - Gnome Shell Integration browser plugin makes browser unique
Gnome Shell Integration browser plugin makes browser unique
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 766776
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: extensions
3.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-05-03 11:16 UTC by Remco
Modified: 2016-07-11 20:20 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Remco 2014-05-03 11:16:05 UTC 
The EFF has a handy tool that guesses how unique you appear on the internet. If your browser is different than the rest of the world, it can be fingerprinted, and you can be tracked by nefarious companies throughout the internet.

https://panopticlick.eff.org/

GNOME Shell is used by relatively few users, making the appearance of the GNOME Shell Integration browser plugin a very valuable piece of identification. Please investigate whether it is possible to only advertise the availability of the plugin when the user is on gnome.org. If this is not possible, consider making a browser extension instead of an NPAPI plugin.
Comment 1 Jonathan Briggs 2016-07-11 19:57:10 UTC 
Or just drop the browser extension. 

Replace it with something like a gnome-shell-extension-tool program that the browser runs by MIME type after downloading a shell extension.
Comment 2 Florian Müllner 2016-07-11 20:20:20 UTC 
(In reply to Jonathan Briggs from comment #1)
> Or just drop the browser extension. 

Yes, the plan is to make gnome-shell extensions available in gnome-software.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 766776 ***