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Re: [tor-bugs] #16678 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Enhance KeyboardEvent fingerprinting protection for unusual characters



#16678: Enhance KeyboardEvent fingerprinting protection for unusual characters
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 Reporter:  arthuredelstein                      |          Owner:  sysrqb
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting,                  |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201710R                          |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by arthuredelstein):

 Replying to [comment:18 sysrqb]:
 > After I read Arthur's comment on the github branch[0] I realized there's
 a bug in the patch. I pushed a fixup commit that corrects it[1].
 >
 > So it's in this ticket, the relevant part is:
 > {{{
 > Every call to KEY/SHIFT/ALTGR updates the mapping in all hashmaps,
 therefore
 > calling both ALTGR and SHIFT for the same key results in the ALTGR state
 being
 > overwritten. I'll leave these comments above and instead I'll create a
 fourth
 > macro for ALTGRSHIFT that correctly inserts the key into the hashmaps.
 I'll
 > then replace all occurrences of ALTGR()+SHIFT() with ALTGRSHIFT().
 > }}}
 >
 > Commit 1e094349cd679d8592411d741512d71bc29185fc does this.
 >
 > [0] https://github.com/sysrqb/tor-
 browser/commit/bug16678_2#commitcomment-24566167
 > [1] https://github.com/sysrqb/tor-
 browser/commit/1e094349cd679d8592411d741512d71bc29185fc

 That's a good improvement; thanks.

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