From c751f190c922b5578a0ff3c037332b0e4ca259c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugo Locurcio Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 11:24:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document `RenderingServer.get_video_adapter_name()` may report a fixed name Firefox will always report the user's GPU as a GeForce GTX 980 in an attempt to make fingerprinting more difficult. This is not the case in Chromium-based browsers though. --- doc/classes/RenderingServer.xml | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/classes/RenderingServer.xml b/doc/classes/RenderingServer.xml index bb4a0f8a162..d972a2214ae 100644 --- a/doc/classes/RenderingServer.xml +++ b/doc/classes/RenderingServer.xml @@ -1450,6 +1450,7 @@ Returns the name of the video adapter (e.g. "GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2"). [b]Note:[/b] When running a headless or server binary, this function returns an empty string. + [b]Note:[/b] On the web platform, some browsers such as Firefox may report a different, fixed GPU name such as "GeForce GTX 980" (regardless of the user's actual GPU model). This is done to make fingerprinting more difficult.