[tor-bugs] #13018 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Math routines are OS fingerprintable

Mon May 30 04:56:19 UTC 2016

#13018: Math routines are OS fingerprintable
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 Reporter:  mikeperry                            |          Owner:  tbb-
     Type:  defect                               |  team
 Priority:  Medium                               |         Status:  new
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |      Milestone:
 Severity:  Normal                               |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting-os-version, tbb-  |     Resolution:
  easy, ff31-esr                                 |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by arthuredelstein):

 * severity:   => Normal


Comment:

 Here's a very interesting overview of sources of floating-point
 inconsistencies:
 https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/floating-point-determinism/

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