Block (most) canvas and webgl fingerprinting by default

app/extensions/brave/brave-default.js

@@ -763,4 +763,225 @@ if (typeof KeyEvent === 'undefined') {
   ipcRenderer.on('post-page-load-run', function () {
     ipcRenderer.sendToHost('theme-color-computed', computeThemeColor())
   })
+
+  /** Begin canvas fingerprinting detection **/
+  /**
+   * @return {string}
+   */
+  function getPageScript () {
+    return '(' + Function.prototype.toString.call(function (ERROR) {
+      ERROR.stackTraceLimit = Infinity // collect all frames
+      var event_id = document.currentScript ? document.currentScript.getAttribute('data-event-id') : ''
+
+      // from Underscore v1.6.0
+      function debounce (func, wait, immediate) {
+        var timeout, args, context, timestamp, result
+
+        var later = function () {
+          var last = Date.now() - timestamp
+          if (last < wait) {
+            timeout = setTimeout(later, wait - last)
+          } else {
+            timeout = null
+            if (!immediate) {
+              result = func.apply(context, args)
+              context = args = null
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        return function () {
+          context = this
+          args = arguments
+          timestamp = Date.now()
+          var callNow = immediate && !timeout
+          if (!timeout) {
+            timeout = setTimeout(later, wait)
+          }
+          if (callNow) {
+            result = func.apply(context, args)
+            context = args = null
+          }
+          return result
+        }
+      }
+
+      // messages the injected script
+      var send = (function () {
+        var messages = []
+        // debounce sending queued messages
+        var _send = debounce(function () {
+          document.dispatchEvent(new window.CustomEvent(event_id, {
+            detail: messages
+          }))
+          // clear the queue
+          messages = []
+        }, 100)
+        return function (msg) {
+          // queue the message
+          messages.push(msg)
+          _send()
+        }
+      }())
+
+      // https://code.google.com/p/v8-wiki/wiki/JavaScriptStackTraceApi
+      /**
+       * Customize the stack trace
+       * @param structured If true, change to customized version
+       * @returns {*} Returns the stack trace
+       */
+      function getStackTrace (structured) {
+        var errObj = {}
+        var origFormatter
+        var stack
+
+        if (structured) {
+          origFormatter = ERROR.prepareStackTrace
+          ERROR.prepareStackTrace = function (errObj, structuredStackTrace) {
+            return structuredStackTrace
+          }
+        }
+
+        ERROR.captureStackTrace(errObj, getStackTrace)
+        stack = errObj.stack
+
+        if (structured) {
+          ERROR.prepareStackTrace = origFormatter
+        }
+
+        return stack
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Checks the stack trace for the originating URL
+       * @returns {String} The URL of the originating script (URL:Line number:Column number)
+       */
+      function getOriginatingScriptUrl () {
+        var trace = getStackTrace(true)
+
+        if (trace.length < 2) {
+          return ''
+        }
+
+        // this script is at 0 and 1
+        var callSite = trace[2]
+
+        if (callSite.isEval()) {
+          // argh, getEvalOrigin returns a string ...
+          var eval_origin = callSite.getEvalOrigin()
+          var script_url_matches = eval_origin.match(/\((http.*:\d+:\d+)/)
+
+          return script_url_matches && script_url_matches[1] || eval_origin
+        } else {
+          return callSite.getFileName() + ':' + callSite.getLineNumber() + ':' + callSite.getColumnNumber()
+        }
+      }
+
+      /**
+       *  Strip away the line and column number (from stack trace urls)
+       * @param script_url The stack trace url to strip
+       * @returns {String} the pure URL
+       */
+      function stripLineAndColumnNumbers (script_url) {
+        return script_url.replace(/:\d+:\d+$/, '')
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Monitor the reads from a canvas instance
+       * @param item special item objects
+       */
+      function trapInstanceMethod (item) {
+        item.obj[item.propName] = (function (orig) {
+          return function () {
+            var script_url = getOriginatingScriptUrl()
+            var msg = {
+              obj: item.objName,
+              prop: item.propName,
+              scriptUrl: stripLineAndColumnNumbers(script_url)
+            }
+
+            // Block the read from occuring; send info to background page instead
+            console.log('blocking canvas read', msg)
+            send(msg)
+          }
+        }(item.obj[item.propName]))
+      }
+
+      var methods = []
+      var canvasMethods = ['getImageData', 'getLineDash', 'measureText']
+      canvasMethods.forEach(function (method) {
+        var item = {
+          objName: 'CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype',
+          propName: method,
+          obj: window.CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype
+        }
+
+        methods.push(item)
+      })
+
+      var canvasElementMethods = ['toDataURL', 'toBlob']
+      canvasElementMethods.forEach(function (method) {
+        var item = {
+          objName: 'HTMLCanvasElement.prototype',
+          propName: method,
+          obj: window.HTMLCanvasElement.prototype
+        }
+        methods.push(item)
+      })
+
+      var webglMethods = ['getSupportedExtensions', 'getParameter', 'getContextAttributes',
+        'getShaderPrecisionFormat', 'getExtension']
+      webglMethods.forEach(function (method) {
+        var item = {
+          objName: 'WebGLRenderingContext.prototype',
+          propName: method,
+          obj: window.WebGLRenderingContext.prototype
+        }
+        methods.push(item)
+      })
+
+      methods.forEach(trapInstanceMethod)
+
+    // save locally to keep from getting overwritten by site code
+    }) + '(Error));'
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Executes a script in the page DOM context
+   *
+   * @param text The content of the script to insert
+   * @param data attributes to set in the inserted script tag
+   */
+  function insertScript (text, data) {
+    var parent = document.documentElement
+    var script = document.createElement('script')
+
+    script.text = text
+    script.async = false
+
+    for (var key in data) {
+      script.setAttribute('data-' + key.replace('_', '-'), data[key])
+    }
+
+    parent.insertBefore(script, parent.firstChild)
+    parent.removeChild(script)
+  }
+
+  ipcRenderer.on('block-canvas-fingerprinting', function () {
+    var event_id = Math.random().toString()
+
+    // listen for messages from the script we are about to insert
+    document.addEventListener(event_id, function (e) {
+      if (!e.detail) {
+        return
+      }
+      // pass these on to the background page
+      ipcRenderer.send('got-canvas-fingerprinting', e.detail)
+    })
+
+    insertScript(getPageScript(), {
+      event_id: event_id
+    })
+  })
+  /* End canvas fingerprinting detection */
 }).apply(this)

app/extensions/brave/locales/en-US/preferences.l20n

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 <bookmarks "Bookmarks">
 <openedTabs "Open tabs">
 <doNotTrack "Send a 'Do Not Track' header with browsing requests (requires browser restart)">
+<blockCanvasFingerprinting "Block HTML canvas and WebGL fingerprinting">
 <advancedPrivacySettings "Advanced privacy settings:">
 
 /* Security settings page */

app/index.js

@@ -506,6 +506,10 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
       })
     })
 
+    ipcMain.on(messages.GOT_CANVAS_FINGERPRINTING, (e, details) => {
+      console.log('got canvas fingerprint block', details)
+    })
+
     // Setup the crash handling
     CrashHerald.init()
 

docs/state.md

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ AppStore
     'privacy.history-suggestions': boolean, // Auto suggest for history enabled
     'privacy.bookmark-suggestions': boolean, // Auto suggest for bookmarks enabled
     'privacy.opened-tab-suggestions': boolean, // Auto suggest for opened tabs enabled
+    'privacy.block-canvas-fingerprinting': boolean, // Canvas fingerprinting defense
     'security.passwords.manager-enabled': boolean // whether to use default password manager
   }]
 }

js/about/preferences.js

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ class PrivacyTab extends ImmutableComponent {
       </SettingsList>
       <SettingsList dataL10nId='advancedPrivacySettings'>
         <SettingCheckbox dataL10nId='doNotTrack' prefKey={settings.DO_NOT_TRACK} settings={this.props.settings} onChangeSetting={this.props.onChangeSetting}/>
+        <SettingCheckbox dataL10nId='blockCanvasFingerprinting' prefKey={settings.BLOCK_CANVAS_FINGERPRINTING} settings={this.props.settings} onChangeSetting={this.props.onChangeSetting}/>
       </SettingsList>
     </div>
   }

js/components/frame.js

@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ class Frame extends ImmutableComponent {
           ipc.send(messages.CHECK_CERT_ERROR_ACCEPTED, parsedUrl.host, this.props.frame.get('key'))
         }
       }
+      if (getSetting(settings.BLOCK_CANVAS_FINGERPRINTING)) {
+        this.webview.send(messages.BLOCK_CANVAS_FINGERPRINTING)
+      }
       windowActions.updateBackForwardState(
         this.props.frame,
         this.webview.canGoBack(),

js/constants/appConfig.js

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'privacy.bookmark-suggestions': true,
     'privacy.opened-tab-suggestions': true,
     'privacy.autocomplete.history-size': 500,
+    'privacy.block-canvas-fingerprinting': false,
     'bookmarks.toolbar.show': false,
     'privacy.do-not-track': false,
     'security.passwords.manager-enabled': true,

js/constants/messages.js

@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ const messages = {
   LEAVE_FULL_SCREEN: _,
   SET_CLIPBOARD: _,
   AUTOFILL_PASSWORD: _,
+  BLOCK_CANVAS_FINGERPRINTING: _,
+  GOT_CANVAS_FINGERPRINTING: _,
   // Password manager
   GET_PASSWORDS: _, /** @arg {string} formOrigin, @arg {string} action */
   GOT_PASSWORD: _, /** @arg {string} username, @arg {string} password, @arg {string} origin, @arg {string} action, @arg {boolean} isUnique */

js/constants/settings.js

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const settings = {
   OPENED_TAB_SUGGESTIONS: 'privacy.opened-tab-suggestions',
   AUTOCOMPLETE_HISTORY_SIZE: 'privacy.autocomplete.history-size',
   DO_NOT_TRACK: 'privacy.do-not-track',
+  BLOCK_CANVAS_FINGERPRINTING: 'privacy.block-canvas-fingerprinting',
   // Security Tab
   PASSWORD_MANAGER_ENABLED: 'security.passwords.manager-enabled',
   ONE_PASSWORD_ENABLED: 'security.passwords.one-password-enabled',