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Does this affect TorBrowser?

• hartator 10y ago
  Yes > Information from resource:// is leaked, including the fact that I'm using Firefox, the platform, the browser's language (not just the content of the Accept-Language header), and whether or not I was using Tor Browser Bundle.
  • pfg 10y ago
    The fact that you're using Tor is obvious based on your IP address. I believe TBB uses the same set of defaults for the other parameters across all platforms (i.e. Linux, OS X and Windows users all appear to be using Windows 7), so that fingerprint would be the same for all TBB users (meaning it's not really much of a fingerprint).
    • makomk 10y ago
      TBB tries to conceal the actual OS you're using. Apparently this breaks that protection and makes it possible for website to detect the actual platform and that it's TBB. See https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8725 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8725
      • pfg 10y ago
        Okay, that's pretty bad if it leaks the actual platform. My assumption was that that the way they spoof the platform (and related values) in windows.navigator and the user agent would apply here as well. If that's not the case, that fingerprint protection is pretty much useless.