[tbb-bugs] #13543 [Applications/Tor Browser]: HTML5 media support may lead to fingerprinting

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#13543: HTML5 media support may lead to fingerprinting
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks                          |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting, ff68-esr,        |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201910R, tbb-9.0-must            |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by acat):

 * status:  new => needs_review
 * keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting, ff68-esr, TorBrowserTeam201910,
     tbb-9.0-must => tbb-fingerprinting, ff68-esr, TorBrowserTeam201910R,
     tbb-9.0-must


Comment:

 I thought a bit more, I don't have a very strong opinion in favor of one
 or another, basically because I'm not sure how this API will be used by
 websites. But I think it may be better to be conservative and say it's not
 power efficient while it actually may be than the opposite. For `smooth`
 the same reasoning might apply, but *I think* it's not so common to find
 cases where the returned info is `(true, false, false)` (I did not find
 those in a couple of home machines, although it may be possible in slow
 machines).

 Since we have to pick one, I'm voting for `(true, true, false)`:
 https://github.com/acatarineu/tor-browser/commit/13543+2.

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