[tor-bugs] #6041 [TorBrowserButton]: Avoid fingerprinting a user via text and/or web font rendering on canvas

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#6041: Avoid fingerprinting a user via text and/or web font rendering on canvas
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 Reporter:  gk                |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  major             |      Milestone:           
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:           
 Keywords:                    |         Parent:           
   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:           
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 It is probably hard to estimate the bits of entropy involved in the
 fingerprinting investigated in
 http://www.w2spconf.com/2012/papers/w2sp12-final4.pdf correctly.
 Netherveless, these text/web font rendering issues should get fixed.

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