[tor-bugs] #5856 [Firefox Patch Issues]: Patch Firefox to alter window.screen directly

Tue Oct 9 21:40:44 UTC 2012

#5856: Patch Firefox to alter window.screen directly
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 Reporter:  mikeperry                      |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect                         |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  critical                       |      Milestone:           
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues           |        Version:           
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting, interview  |         Parent:           
   Points:                                 |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 And they backported this to 10.0.8-ESR, breaking our hooks there too.

 The good news is that one of our browser hacker interview candidate teams
 has written this fix for us. We should be able to use their patch in the
 next TBB release.

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