[tor-dev] Tor Project Idea | GSOC 2015 | Panopticlick | fake fingerprint

[l.m]

Hi, 

For anonymous scraping it could certainly be useful. This poses a
problem as far as making Tor Project look as if it supports autonomous
anonymous scraping of web data. Ultimately this impression could lead
to even more blocking of Tor exits. Another problem with the idea of a
randomized fingerprint is that it breaks useability. It might be great
for scraping but web sites rely on knowing some of those parameters
for proper display. Finally it's worth mentioning that the goal of TBB
fingerprinting is to reduce entropy within TBB's user base. A random
fingerprint violates this constraint.

I'm not commenting on gsoc eligibility--just that it's an edge case
which will lead to blocking of Tor's exits. If more exit get blocked
then you cannot scrape.

--leeroy
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