[tor-bugs] #7562 [TorBrowserButton]: Toggling toolbars leads to reduced anonymity.

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#7562: Toggling toolbars leads to reduced anonymity.
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 Reporter:  malaparte         |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:           
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:           
 Keywords:                    |         Parent:           
   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:           
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 If you visit panopticlick.eff.org from the TBB, you're roughly in an
 anonymity set of 1 in every 4000 users. Now turn off a toolbar in
 View>Toolbars and your fingerprint is unique or 1 in a million or so.
 Subsequent restarts of TBB do not toggle the toolbar back to default
 setting.

 I suggest making toggling menu / navigation bars impossible in the TBB.

 A scenario where this matters is a case when a user finds their anonymity
 compromised by accidentally toggling the menu bar off (like I did).

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