Why tf can my browser read my battery percentage or if it’s charging?
Edit: Chrome can see this info, Firefox apparently removed the API allowing such access
Nothing this page showed me seems overly troubling.
Ip address is not from the browser. Location derived from the address is not leaked by my device. Time zone is also derived from this, and cannot be helped unless a vpn is used.
I want my browser to tell the website what language I prefer.
Cookie support is easy to determine; just try to save a cookie.
The list of fonts is debatable, but i think the server knowing what fonts I have could be beneficial. But using it for fingerprinting seems dubious. How many iOS users have never downloaded any extra fonts and all look the same?
the interesting one for me was that it had an IP, but tracked it a good couple hundred miles away. it also got my timezone wrong, and was also wrong for the supposed place it thought I was.
edit: I just checked the ip it got for me, and that was also incorrect; I’m not using a vpn.
My location was a couple of towns away. Presumably the location of my ISPs node.
My browser was snitching on my battery, charging, and even device orientation (to the degree).
Websites/apps deservedly get a lot of hate for tracking, but browsers deserve far more in my opinion. Half these data points have no legitimate reason to ever be exposed to sites, especially without asking for user consent first
This needs to built into phones / browsers
