[tbb-bugs] #17412 [Tor Browser]: High-precision timestamps in JS

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#17412: High-precision timestamps in JS
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     Reporter:  arthuredelstein  |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect           |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium           |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser      |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal           |   Keywords:
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 Methods for high-precision timestamps in JavaScript are discussed here:

 https://github.com/lars-t-hansen/ecmascript_sharedmem/issues/1

 What sort of countermeasures could we introduce? Perhaps we will need to
 disable SharedArrayBuffers in Tor Browser?

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