[tbb-bugs] #13858 [Tor Browser]: Resolution fingerprinting possible with Tor Browser Bundle
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#13858: Resolution fingerprinting possible with Tor Browser Bundle
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Reporter: sleurn | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: Tor Browser | Version:
Keywords: | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
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There seems to be a major problem in terms of screen size (resolution)
fingerprinting possibility - checked on https://panopticlick.eff.org:
E.g., plain Firefox 33.1.1 on WinXP SP3 Home 32 bit is shown as
1024x600x24, independently of whether the menu bar is shown or not.
On the other hand, torbrowser-install-4.0.1_en-US.exe on the same machine
causes following instead:
- With menu bar shown (default): 1024x476x24 ("one in 1183729.75 browsers
have this value")
- With menu bar disabled: 1024x499x24 ("one in 175367.48 browsers have
this value")
As far as I remember, pre-4.0 versions of TBB had some hard-coded commonly
used value, such as 1024x768x24 or something.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13858>
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