[tor-bugs] #22127 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Think about a more elaborate defense against fingerprinting with `hardwareConcurrency`

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#22127: Think about a more elaborate defense against fingerprinting with
`hardwareConcurrency`
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 Reporter:  gk                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting        |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by tom):

 > The cost for those with computers with more than 1 core could be
 performance degradation.

 This will only (potentially) degrade performance for really sophisticated
 web applications though, right? Games that go "Oh, your PC has 4 cores so
 I'll spin up 3 WebWorkers to help with the ray tracing in my Canvas-based
 DOOM clone" or whatever.  It wouldn't affect the actual browser... right?

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