Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat 31.8.0 release

[Laine Gholson]

You can re-enable it by setting webgl.disabled to false in about:config

On Mon, 2015-07-20 at 13:57 -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> Rubén Rodríguez <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> Why did you disable hardware acceleration and WebGL?
> >
> > Hardware acceleration seems to cause glitches in several platforms,
> 
> What kind of glitches?  It seems a shame to disable a feature that many
> people find important just because some platforms have bugs.
> 
> > and WebGL can be used for fingerprinting and other attacks.
> 
> What other attacks?  My understanding is that fingerprinting is already
> possible in many different ways, even without WebGL.
> 
>       Mark
> 
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