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Use consistent naming for "fingerprinting" / "device recognition" #3027
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^^^ It should be "device recognition" everywhere. |
Isn't this a bit inaccurate though? If a laptop is used by multiple people who each have their own user profile, fingerprinting could detect who the current user is by looking at installed extensions and other user-specific settings, thereby inferring more information than just which device is being used. |
@agentofuser Yes - the label "device recognition" can be misleading, but we know that "fingerprinting" is even more confusing to non-tech-savvy users than the former. Also, this group of users typically one have 1 profile per device. This Github issue is about label consistency; the question of whether or not there is a better term than "device recognition" still requires further user research. I'm in agreement that we might still be able to come up with something better - something that is understandable to power users and the typical casual user. |
Good point. I agree. |
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See brave/brave-core#2149
Description
Global shield settings has a dropdown for "Fingerprinting protection," whereas per-site shield settings features a "device recognition" dropdown. I guess these refer to the same thing, but it is not obvious. It would be better to use consistent wording for this feature.
Steps to Reproduce
Actual result:
Global shield settings use "Fingerprinting", domain-specific shield settings use "device recognition."
Expected result:
UI should use "device recognition" everywhere consistently.
Reproduces how often:
Always
Brave version (brave://version info)
Brave | 0.60.15 Chromium: 72.0.3626.53 (Official Build) dev(64-bit)
Revision | 98434e6cd182d68ce396daa92e9c6310422e6763-refs/branch-heads/3626@{#620}
OS | Mac OS X
Reproducible on current release:
Yes
Website problems only:
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