[tor-bugs] #16335 [Tor Browser]: Investigate whether the Symbol data type can store global identifiers accessible to content

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#16335: Investigate whether the Symbol data type can store global identifiers
accessible to content
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 Reporter:  gk                         |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  task                       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                       |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser                |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                     |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff38-esr, tbb-linkability  |  Actual Points:
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Changes (by bugzilla):

 * severity:   => Normal


Comment:

 Jason Orendorff can definitely help you, 'cause he is the implementer of
 it in FF ;)
 His good article: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/06/es6-in-depth-symbols/
 At first sight: Symbols are UIDs by themselves with some sort of
 "globality".

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