[tor-bugs] #12609 [Firefox Patch Issues]: HTML5 fullscreen API makes TB fingerprintable? Disable it?

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#12609: HTML5 fullscreen API makes TB fingerprintable? Disable it?
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks           |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues  |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting    |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                        |         Points:
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 Shouldn't TB set the `full-screen-api.enabled` pref to `false` so websites
 can't fingerprint the screen size?

 (Firefox's "exit/allow fullscreen" dialog appears ''after'' the window has
 become full screen.)

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