[tor-bugs] #15758 [Tor Browser]: Disable device sensors in Tor Browser
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#15758: Disable device sensors in Tor Browser
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Reporter: gk | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Tor Browser | Version:
Keywords: tbb-fingerprinting, tbb-4.5-alpha | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
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I meant to file this bug for a while now but failed so far. We should
disable the sensor API as getting data via/about device sensors may be a
fingerprinting vector with little gain in the desktop world at least.
Mozilla has a pref for this (introduced by
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=740473),
`device.sensors.enabled`.
Thanks to totentanz for reporting and the commenter in
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-408-released#comment-92426
for reminding.
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