[tor-bugs] #21569 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Investigate and neuter fingerprinting potential of Permissions API

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#21569: Investigate and neuter fingerprinting potential of Permissions API
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:
                                                 |  arthuredelstein
     Type:  task                                 |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff52-esr, tbb-7.0-must-alpha,        |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201705R                          |
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                                                 |  Sponsor4
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Comment (by mcs):

 r=brade, r=mcs
 Kathy and I are far from experts on this aspect of Firefox, but the
 patches look good and we successfully ran the tests on OSX.  We also ran
 the tests without the other portion of the patch and saw that 2 tests
 failed due to lack of isolation (as expected).

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