Re: browser fingerprinting - panopticlick

[Andrew Lewman <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/29/2010 04:36 PM, Michael Holstein wrote:
>> The main cause was the screen resolution.

https://blog.torproject.org/blog/effs-panopticlick-and-torbutton

> Running TOR and leaving javascript enabled sort of defeats the point,
> doesn't it?

Not really.  Most of the websites are useless without javascript
enabled.  Torbutton protects against known attacks via javascript (yes
there's something to be said about unknown attacks...).

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Andrew Lewman
The Tor Project
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