[tor-bugs] #16672 [Tor Browser]: Text rendering allows fingerprinting

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#16672: Text rendering allows fingerprinting
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     Reporter:  arthuredelstein  |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect           |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser      |    Version:
   Resolution:                   |   Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting-fonts
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Comment (by arthuredelstein):

 Here's another example of web page text being rendered differently across
 sites, even though they all are using the same font (Noto Sans). From top,
 Ubuntu (GNOME), OS X, Windows. Note that Ubuntu (GNOME) has a different
 URL bar from Ubunut (XFCE):

 [[Image(Screen Shot 2015-08-03 at 6.15.53 PM.png)]]

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