[tbb-bugs] #16337 [Tor Browser]: Investigate whether Animations(Player) API provides new high resolution timestamp (was: Investigate whether Animations API provides new high resolution timestamp)

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#16337: Investigate whether Animations(Player) API provides new high resolution
timestamp
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     Reporter:  gk       |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  task     |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:
  Browser                |   Keywords:  ff45-esr, tbb-fingerprinting-time-
   Resolution:           |  highres
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
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Description changed by gk:

Old description:

> The Animations API got implemented (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
> US/docs/Web/API/Animation) and may provide a new high resolution
> timestamp. If so, make sure to reduce its granularity respectively. This
> is behind a pref, `dom.animations-api.core.enabled` in Firefox 38 ESR.
> Thus, deferring to Firefox 45 ESR.

New description:

 The Animation(Player) API got implemented (https://developer.mozilla.org
 /en-US/docs/Web/API/Animation) and may provide a new high resolution
 timestamp. If so, make sure to reduce its granularity respectively. This
 is behind a pref, `dom.animations-api.core.enabled` in Firefox 38 ESR.
 Thus, deferring to Firefox 45 ESR.

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