[tbb-bugs] #30647 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Letterboxing and Scrollbars Dimensions

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#30647: Letterboxing and Scrollbars Dimensions
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 Reporter:  edgewall  |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium    |      Component:  Applications/Tor Browser
  Version:            |       Severity:  Normal
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 Letterboxing's reason of existence is to improve the users' privacy by
 reducing yet another fingerprinting bit. But the solution isn't perfect -
 there are many operating systems and window managers, and countless
 themes. And every one of them can have different scrollbar dimensions -
 which helps to fingerprint the user.

 For example, in a page with a vertical scrollbar my window widths is being
 reported as 984px instead of 1000px with Tor Browser's "content window
 dimensions rounding" (#14429), or 1184px instead of 1200px with FF67's
 letterboxing.

 Would it be possible to maybe move the scrollbars (both vertical and
 horizontal) out of the "letterbox"?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/30647>
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