Reviews for Chameleon
Chameleon by sereneblue
6 reviews
- Rated 2 out of 5by Tzunamii, 3 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by USER-EXPERIENCEONLY, 3 years ago9-22: FB detects the settings on this and won't allow you to login. Need an instruction book on how to spoof so website still works. Settings require advanced coding/scripting knowledge otherwise you're just shooting urself in the foot. Spoof and defingerprint but make the sites still work.
6-2022: Dont use it much cuz safe script has ability to fine tune profile blocking which I do not see in this addon. Some sites won't let you login if you don't have the right time zone or browser listed-needed a way to report this from the addon so user knows why they are being blocked by a website. Slow to load.
Need further details in manual just what all the settings do and how to avoid website blocking while still not letting them id and track you. It's not bad, it's just somewhat incomplete.
1-10-22: when pages detect something not right in your settings, such as time zone wrong or browser version not correct or screen resolution incorrect under chameleon settings, then page will not load and you get an error message from chameleon "not on whitelist". well If I wanted it on the whitelist, I would not be using chameleon to begin with. Needed a way to trick webpages and obfuscate your browser fingerprint WITHOUT them blocking you. Only way to do that is with a residential proxy. So I don't really see what purpose Cham. is if the site KNOWS your profile is fake? Most sites don't track by browser version anyways. Am I missing something here? need better documentation showing users how to use cham. Also SLOW to load and they have not fixed the problem where some other program has a popup and then Cham will not popup
changed recently, now will not load facebook and keeps asking to white list it. When you try to "white list" it, does not take, have to disable this ext to use facebook, not good. No explaination given. bad. - Rated 2 out of 5by Arnold_Rac, 4 years agoI love your plugin but Your latest Version 0.20.3.1 has a few bugs,
1. it stops sites to work properly, I have to disable it to make them work and then I re enable your plugin, It doesn't let Dailymotion video to play when its embeded in site.
2. It usually do not pick up timezone whereas previous version did.
and this new version doesn't let me delete the email in tutanota mail earlier I used to (again I disable plugin to delet mail and then reenable it)
and there are few other things... so on...
3. You imposed a few features rather giving choice like Cookie (Policy). There is no way to disable it, once has to select Allow visit bare minimum whereas the fact is I already use Firefox privacy feature to handle cookie functionality.
May I know why you will fix them?
RegardsDeveloper response
posted 4 years agoHi Arnold_Rac,
Please create an issue here so that I can ensure that the issues you're facing can be resolved. https://github.com/sereneblue/chameleon/issues
Depending on the settings you enable, Chameleon will break things. I can try to resolve some issues but I need to know more information (like your settings).
1. This may be caused by a number of settings.
2. Can you list the URLs timezone spoofing is not working for you? I'd need to know your settings to help fix the issue with tutanota.
3. Chameleon allows you to conveniently manage some Firefox preferences like the cookie options. It preserves your existing settings so this should not cause issues. There was a bug in v0.20.0 for the cookie options that caused the settings to be reset, but that has been fixed. - Rated 2 out of 5by HonestReviews, 4 years ago4-25-24: You have to be a programmer to figure out which settings to use for which purposes. Not enuf documentation on this, you're riding BLIND.
5-2-23: mostly not using it because they need better guide on how to keep sites from breaking whilst still modifying ID parameters that the site uses to ID and track you and to BLOCK you.
update 12-11-21: many "not on whitelist errors"-cannot access website because they detect settings they do not expect, such as timezone changes or browser readout not congruent with you usual login-especially with FBook. Still slow to load.Program needs further documentation to teach users which settings will break sites or not. Basically an ok add on that could use some improvements.
UPDATE 9-29-21: CANNOT HANDLE POPUP ALERTS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS SUCH AS VPNS, ETC. YOU HAVE TO CLOSE ALL OTHER POPUPS TO LOAD IT. EXTREMENLY SLOW TO LOAD UNDER LATEST FFOX. FACEBOOK BLOCKS YOUR CONNECTION IF YOUR TIME ZONE DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO YOUR ACTUAL IP REGARDLESS OF WHAT CHAMELEON TELLS THEM.
ALSO BLOCKS IF YOU USE THE WRONG BROWSER SELECTED BY CHAMELEON. APPARENTLY CHAMELEON IS MORE LIKE "WE ARE HACKERS" TO FIREFOX THAN ANY SO CALLED CHAMELEON DISGUISE. FB TOO SMART FOR CHAMELEON.
UPDATE:7-14-21: Basically a good add-on. Good documentation and user instructions lacking in similar addons. Biggest complaint is slow to load gui and slow to respond to user input. Documentation could still be improved for non-techies as it's very hard to determine which settings will cloak you without breaking a site and which settings actually work to disguise your identity.
UPDate: 6-10-20: Big improvement especially in the documentation. A good add-on. A little slow to load and change the settings. Not really sure this program will mask you as unique, but it does work without being buggy. Overall good program and cudoos for the documentation help pages.
UPDATE: 5-13-20 DOES NOT WORK with tor firefox latest version. Cannot set settings. worthless and disabled.
very granular control over all your browser settings, but breaks sites often. you have to experiment to get it right. need to have better help manual for this as you have to be an expert to figure out the impact of all the settings. update 5-3-2020. They broke it with the latest update, no longer works properly cannot set settings.Developer response
posted 4 years agoHi,
Unfortunately, that's to be expected with privacy enhancing options these days. There is a wiki that details the options provided here: https://github.com/sereneblue/chameleon/wiki. Developer response
posted 4 years agoRecaptcha doesn't play nice with anything that tries to change your fingerprint. I'm not sure if there is a 'fix' but there is an issue open about this: https://github.com/sereneblue/chameleon/issues/250- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 14181026, 6 years agoThe display is cut on the right side pop up when you custom the toolbar and put chameleon icon as hidden (aka double arrow dropdownlist near the menu icon)
Developer response
posted 6 years agoPlease create an issue on GitHub with a screenshot. https://github.com/sereneblue/chameleon/issues
EDIT: This has been fixed in a recent update.