[tbb-bugs] #6735 [Tor Browser]: TBB-Firefox leaks the OS and kernel version to Mozilla update servers

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Sun Apr 17 02:49:08 UTC 2016


#6735: TBB-Firefox leaks the OS and kernel version to Mozilla update servers
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 Reporter:  rransom                              |          Owner:  tbb-
     Type:  defect                               |  team
 Priority:  High                                 |         Status:  new
Component:  Tor Browser                          |      Milestone:
 Severity:  Normal                               |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting, interview, tbb-  |     Resolution:
  firefox-patch                                  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by arma):

 * severity:   => Normal


Comment:

 A good triage question.

 I would hope that now that Tor Browser is *using* the update feature, it's
 not sending anything to mozilla at all.

 And also I would hope that whoever made the updater work also thought
 through the fingerprinting questions.

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