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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:
| needs_information
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: ff60-esr, tbb-fingerprinting-os, | Actual Points:
tbb-8.0-issues |
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Comment (by fufufu):
Replying to [comment:45 cypherpunks3]:
> I believe the reason was to preserve the look and feel of the operating
system. I think there are also technical issues that make it hard to ship
the same fonts, including size constraints (correct me if I'm wrong). It's
not too big of a deal though, since the font set is not recorded by the
average access log, whereas the user agent is.
But according to some possible font detection is the reason that we're
supposed to consider our OSes compromised anyway. This whole issue is
starting to seem a lot like an invented problem.
Also it seems obvious to me that fingerprinting defenses should take
precedence over aesthetics in any case.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26146#comment:46>
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