[tor-bugs] #33079 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Disable dom.battery.enabled and dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled in about:config

Tue Jan 28 16:58:42 UTC 2020

#33079: Disable dom.battery.enabled and dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled in
about:config
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 Reporter:  morar                     |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by Thorin):

 Since FF52+ Battery Status API is only available in chrome/privileged
 code: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1313580

 As for `dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled` my understanding is that it
 requires user interaction: i.e onCut/onCopy/onPaste events - i.e it can't
 just read your clipboard. Disabling it would also break site functionality
 such as pasting in wordpress

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