Can websites see my Firefox Addons?

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Published on 2010-05-05T18:12:38Z Indexed on 2010/05/05 18:18 UTC
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I know when you visit a website, they can actually see a lot of your personal information, like browser type, but can they also see which addons I've installed? I've installed Adblock Plus, but one webpage I visited redirected me because of it. How can it see I've installed ABP, and is there a way to hide this information?

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