A recent Youtube Web update has added a canvas whenever the seek bar is visible, an HTML5 canvas pops up. This was not asked for and not needed. If you disable canvases for privacy, this will cause a horrific red bad to cover half the screen until you hide the seekbar. Canvases can be used for fingerprinting, which I’m sure Google is doing here.

  • 0oWow@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    You can keep canvas blocked on YouTube. To stop the red lines, do this:

    Click uBlock Origin icon (top right of the browser, small red shield).

    Click the gears icon (“Open the dashboard”).

    Click “My filters” tab. Make sure “Enable my custom filters” is checked.

    Add the following string to the list of filters:

    www.youtube.com##.ytp-gradient-bottom

    Click “Apply changes”.

    Reload your youtube video page.