[tbb-dev] TBB 6.0.5 / screen resolution and color depth

[Arthur D. Edelstein]

Hi scar,

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 2:46 PM, scar <scar at drigon.com> wrote:
> Georg Koppen wrote on 09/23/2016 01:43 AM:
>>
>> Tor Browser is doing no spoofing.
>
> why, then, is it:  with a standard firefox installation,
> http://www.whatismyscreenresolution.com reports back the screen resolution
> irregardless of the windows size, but TBB (with javascript enabled) reports
> back the window size in all instances?

I believe Georg was referring to the fact that Tor Browser does not
spoof window size. It does, however, return a screen size the same as
the window size, as you have observed. That protects your screen size
from being directly observed when your window is not maximized.

In general, Tor Browser is not trying to blend in with other browsers.
Instead, the goal is to make different users of Tor Browser as
indistinguishable as possible.

Best regards,
Arthur