AudioContext Fingerprint Defender

Defending against AudioContext fingerprinting by reporting a fake value.

What is AudioContext Fingerprint Defender?

AudioContext Fingerprint Defender is a Chrome extension by Yubi. This extension has 28,483 weekly active users, an average user rating of 3.55, and is most similar to Font Fingerprint Defender and WebGL Fingerprint Defender. The latest version, 0.1.7, was updated 5 months ago.

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By: Yubi

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Users: 28,483 ▲ 3.08K

Rating: 3.55 (11)

Version: 0.1.7 (Last updated: 2022-11-03)

Creation date: 2020-05-09

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus
notifications

Size: 38.68K

Email: Click to see

URLs: Website

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

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Not available on Firefox

AudioContext Fingerprint Defender (v0.1.7)

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ChromeStats Rank

# 5040 ▲ 354

Other rankings

#7767 in Productivity ▲ 49 #115 in reload keyword ▼ 2 #136 in value keyword

Summary

AudioContext Fingerprint Defender is an extension that let you easily hide your real audiocontext fingerprint by reporting a random fake value and protecting your privacy.

This addon does NOT block AudioContext or any other web audio API methods, instead, it simply adds a small noise to the actual fingerprint and "renews" it every time you visit a website or reload a page. It is important to note that, this addon does not have any settings or options to adjust. Simply add it to your browser and start surfacing the internet. If you want to test this addon, please visit a website that shows your fingerprint (i.e. audiofingerprint.openwpm). Every time you reload the page, you will see a new fake fingerprint.

Note: depending on your browser and platform, you may need to (Shift+Refresh) a web page to renew the AudioContext fingerprint.

To report bugs, please visit the addon's homepage (

https://mybrowseraddon.com/audiocontext-defender.html)

 and fill out the bug report form.

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Risk impact

AudioContext Fingerprint Defender requires some risky permissions and may not be safe to use. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

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Risk likelihood

AudioContext Fingerprint Defender has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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