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Re: [tor-bugs] #16856 [Tor Browser]: 'network.http.speculative-parallel-limit' default setting provides tracking-risk
#16856: 'network.http.speculative-parallel-limit' default setting provides
tracking-risk
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Reporter: RickGeex_ | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: needs_information
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: Tor Browser | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Actual Points: | Parent ID:
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Comment (by hap-penis):
Duplicate of #16840 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16840
Replying to [comment:1 gk]:
> What makes you sure we are susceptible to this risk given that
>
> a) We set `network.predictor.enabled` to `false`
> b) We are in Private Browsing Mode and "The seer does not record any
data, nor does it take any action, when in private browsing mode."
(https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Reviews/Necko)
> c) The seer should not be active at all given that we are using a proxy,
see: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-
browser.git/tree/netwerk/base/nsIOService.cpp?h=tor-
browser-38.2.0esr-5.5-1#n1540)
>
> ?
That's good news! So... are we sure there's no new connections on link
hover?
Aside / off topic: What about some of the other automatic connections
listed in: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-
automatic-connections#w_prefetching
Like link prefetching?:
{{{<link rel="prefetch" href="/images/big.jpeg">}}}
{{{network.prefetch-next}}} is set to true in TBB.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16856#comment:5>
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