In the case of Chrome (and other browsers are moving in the same direction), you...

redthrowaway on Sept 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: SSL broken. (TLS 1.0 cryptographic attack that ...

In the case of Chrome (and other browsers are moving in the same direction), you should be able to check the pid of the instance you're dealing with. At least, I assume that's the case if they're offering native c++ support.