[tor-bugs] #20214 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Ultrasound Cross Device Tracking techniques could be used to launch deanonymization attacks against some users

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Tue Jul 25 16:26:49 UTC 2017


#20214: Ultrasound Cross Device Tracking techniques could be used to launch
deanonymization attacks against some users
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 Reporter:  VasiliosMavroudis         |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  High                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Major                     |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                            |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  new => needs_information


Comment:

 Vasilios: Is there a demo page showing the attack somewhere? I was
 wondering whether setting `dom.webaudio.enabled` to `false`, as we did for
 #13017, would mitigate your attack as well and thought about testing that.

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