[tbb-bugs] #22632 [Applications/Tor Browser]: The scrollbar in TBB is enabled and disabled based on a setting in macOS system preferences

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#22632: The scrollbar in TBB is enabled and disabled based on a setting in macOS
system preferences
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 Reporter:  Dbryrtfbcbhgf             |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Low                       |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Minor                     |     Resolution:  not a bug
 Keywords:                            |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by cypherpunks):

 * priority:  Medium => Low
 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => not a bug
 * severity:  Major => Minor


Comment:

 This is not a bug. There are far, far worse tracking vectors in the open
 at the moment. If you keep javascript disabled, the scrollbars
 disappearing or not definitely cannot be detected. Merely enabling
 javascript access (even with the many good modifications the TorProject
 has made to Mozilla's code) provides opens up so many APIs that it is very
 difficult to prevent getting tracked - the DOM sucks. Leaving the macOS
 default for scrollbars is probably the best choice.

 If I am being harsh here, please provide more detail and evidence to show
 that this actually is a serious tracking vector when weighed against all
 other javascript-related tracking vectors in the wild. Otherwise, adding
 these kinds of bugs only clogs the bug tracker.

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