Re: [tor-bugs] #4215 [TorBrowserButton]: tor resizes firefox window on start-up

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#4215: tor resizes firefox window on start-up
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    Reporter:  trallala          |       Owner:  mikeperry
        Type:  defect            |      Status:  closed   
    Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:           
   Component:  TorBrowserButton  |     Version:           
  Resolution:  not a bug         |    Keywords:           
      Parent:                    |      Points:           
Actualpoints:                    |  
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Changes (by mikeperry):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => not a bug


Comment:

 It is a deliberate fingerprinting countermeasure. See section 3.6.4 in
 https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#fingerprinting-
 linkability.

 You can disable it in about:config
 extensions.torbutton.resize_new_windows.

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