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

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#16672: Text rendering allows font fingerprinting
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 Reporter:  arthuredelstein                      |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                               |  arthuredelstein
 Priority:  Medium                               |         Status:
Component:  Tor Browser                          |  assigned
 Severity:  Normal                               |      Milestone:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting-fonts, tbb-5.5,   |        Version:
  TorBrowserTeam201601                           |     Resolution:
Parent ID:  #18097                               |  Actual Points:
  Sponsor:                                       |         Points:
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Comment (by bugzilla):

 To not forget:
 FF 44b: To support unicode-range descriptor for webfonts, font matching
 under Linux now uses the same font matching code as other platforms

 It is not rendering, but matching influences the result too as you compare
 pages visually.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16672#comment:39>
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