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The GPU Serial Number: How Brave Is Fighting the Next Generation of Web Tracking
Brave version 1.93 introduces default "farbling" protections to combat cross-site tracking by obscuring highly identifying WebGL and WebGPU hardware signals. To disrupt the stability of GPU fingerprinting, the browser now replaces vendor and renderer strings with generic values, empties WebGPU adapter descriptors, and randomizes the WebGL extension list based on the session and site context. This shifts the browser toward capability-based feature detection, effectively preventing trackers from generating highly accurate device fingerprints without breaking legitimate web graphics rendering.
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