Google Messages QR Code Issue

I'm using the KDE Dragonized Gaming Edition.

When I load Google Messages in Firedragon, the QR code that's used to login is obscured. I can see the QR code for a brief instant while the page loads, but it's quickly replaced by lines or a lattice that completely obscures the QR code. Thus, I can't login to Google SMS on the desktop.

What can I do about this?
What other info should I provide to help diagnose this?

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.13-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen 
  root=UUID=709fd02c-3a44-4a1d-9151-544417107d13 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet 
  splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 
  systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 
  vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C02 v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) v: 1.0 
  serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3.50 date: 11/07/2019 
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 
  model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus M705 serial: <filter> 
  charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 
  family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 8701013 cache: 
  L2: 4 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 115199 
  Speed: 3593 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 3593 2: 3885 3: 3610 4: 3603 5: 3593 6: 3593 7: 3597 8: 3573 9: 3601 
  10: 3598 11: 3601 12: 3604 13: 3602 14: 3599 15: 3595 16: 3779 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060] vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 26:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10de:2503 class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1440 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 1237x393mm (48.7x15.5") 
  s-diag: 1298mm (51.1") 
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 
  size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") diag: 686mm (27") 
  Monitor-2: DP-0 res: 2560x1440 dpi: 93 size: 697x392mm (27.4x15.4") 
  diag: 800mm (31.5") 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2 
  v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus-ID: 26:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 28:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-3: Razer USA Razer BlackShark V2 Pro type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 1532:0528 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.13-zen1-1-zen running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.34 running: no 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: anbox0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2 TiB used: 191.51 GiB (9.3%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 1TB 
  size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXE7 
  temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Intel model: SSDPE2MX012T7 
  size: 1.09 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
  lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: MDV1NX27 temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 931.26 GiB size: 931.26 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 191.51 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%) 
  used: 562 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.26 GiB size: 931.26 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 191.51 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.26 GiB size: 931.26 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 191.51 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.26 GiB size: 931.26 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 191.51 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 
  dev: /dev/zram0 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 49 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 358 Uptime: 26m wakeups: 5 Memory: 31.3 GiB 
  used: 3.98 GiB (12.7%) Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: 
  gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1754 lib: 531 Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 
  running-in: terminator inxi: 3.3.06 

I don't know where to begin diagnosing the issue. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

Is there anything being blocked? Look to the left side of the address bar

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Ah, thanks! CanvasBlocker and uBlock Origin were blocking elements on that page. I told them to unblock and refreshed the page, but the QR code is still obscured.

Edit: I closed and re-opened the page after unblocking, but no dice.

For the Google product use chromium

Because Google uses a lot of fingerprinting and we block it

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Screenshot from 2021-09-07 10-24-11

Allow and reload

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