[tbb-bugs] #19417 [Applications/Tor Browser]: asm.js files should not be cached to disk in Tor Browser and no linkability risk

Wed Jul 6 10:20:38 UTC 2016

#19417: asm.js files should not be cached to disk in Tor Browser and no linkability
risk
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
     Type:  defect                               |  team
 Priority:  High                                 |         Status:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |  assigned
 Severity:  Major                                |      Milestone:
 Keywords:  tbb-disk-leak, tbb-linkability,      |        Version:
  GeorgKoppen201606, TorBrowserTeam201607        |     Resolution:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:15 cypherpunks]:
 > I assume simply disabling asm.js (by setting javascript.options.asmjs to
 false) is not an option here?

 It is one and I think we are going to do that as a stopgap solution.

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