[tor-bugs] #13216 [Tor Browser]: add google-analytics.com to noscript.untrusted to make TB less distinguishable than TAILS

Mon Sep 22 08:54:05 UTC 2014

#13216: add google-analytics.com to noscript.untrusted to make TB less
distinguishable than TAILS
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 Reporter:  Freddie101                           |          Owner:  tbb-
     Type:  enhancement                          |  team
 Priority:  normal                               |         Status:  new
Component:  Tor Browser                          |      Milestone:
 Keywords:  noscript, google, anonymity, TAILS,  |        Version:
  torbrowser, iceweasel                          |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
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 1.According to Tor's FAQ "if you disable JavaScript by default but then
 allow a few websites to run scripts (the way most people use NoScript),
 then your choice of whitelisted websites acts as a sort of cookie that
 makes you recognizable (and distinguishable), thus harming your
 anonymity."
 https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#TBBJavaScriptEnabled

 2.In TAILS' IceWeasel, google-analytics.com is marked as untrusted,
 forbidding it from being executed.

 3.While in TB G.A. is allowed.

 4.This will make it very easy to distinguish TAILS users from TB users.
 Which reduces Tor users' anonymity.

 5.Solution: add google-analytics.com to about:config > noscript.untrusted

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