Re: [tor-bugs] #23349 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Disable navigator.send_beacon().

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#23349: Disable navigator.send_beacon().
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 Reporter:  yawning                   |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                            |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  new => needs_information


Comment:

 What is so special about `sendBeacon` that we should treat it differently
 than the more cumbersome it means to replace (see the MDN page you linked
 to and https://w3c.github.io/beacon/, especially the Privacy and Security
 section? Or, asked differently, why should we allow all the other awful
 techniques but not `sendBeacon`.

 Could you elaborate on the "runs counter to 'Transpaency in Navigation
 Tracking'" claim? What does `sendBeacon` add that is not entailed in the
 usual third party (data aggregation) requests?

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