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Re: [tor-bugs] #26146 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Setting `general.useragent.override` does not spoof the platform part anymore in ESR 60 which is confusing
#26146: Setting `general.useragent.override` does not spoof the platform part
anymore in ESR 60 which is confusing
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Reporter: gk | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: ff60-esr | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Changes (by viktorj):
* cc: viktor_jaegerskuepper@… (added)
Comment:
This is also bad for anonymity. With Tor Browser 8.0a9 the results on
panopticlick.eff.org look as expected, except for "Platform" and "User
Agent" which reveal the OS (Linux in my case).
There is also this Mozilla bug which is about not spoofing the platform
because TCP/IP fingerprinting reveals the OS either way:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1409269
But this should not be relevant for Tor Browser, as I understand it.
I think this has to be fixed before Tor Browser 8.0 is released (hopefully
even before that although it only affects the alpha channel at the
moment).
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26146#comment:4>
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