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[docs] Fingerprints are now used

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@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ v7.1.10 is currently not supported
$ which-electron Appium-linux-1.21.0.AppImage
Fingerprint: v7.2.4-v7.3.3
v7.3.3 is currently not supported
$ which-electron Google.Play.Music.Desktop.Player.deb
```
## How does it work?
@ -32,10 +30,16 @@ We attempt multiple pathways:
1. The presence of a `electron.asar` file denotes an electron version `<v7.0.0`, since later releases dropped that file and embedded it in the binary instead.
2. A `version` text file is sometimes included in the final binary.
3. The `node_modules/electron/package.json` file is sometimes present.
4. A lookup table of [hashes from various electron releases](https://github.com/captn3m0/electron-fingerprints/) is used to guess the version. (WIP)
4. A lookup table of [hashes from various electron releases](https://github.com/captn3m0/electron-fingerprints/) is used to guess the version. In case of multiple matches, it returns a range of versions.
5. Get the electron version from the electron binary (WIP)
Note that this can be run against untrusted binaries as it does not _try to run the application_.
Note that this can be run against untrusted binaries as it does not _try to run the application_. It has been tested against various file formats: zip/dmg/exe/AppImage/tar.gz etc. It extracts limited files using 7-zip.
## Known Issues
It is known to not work against:
1. Windows setup files (ones with `-setup` in their name)
## License