[tor-bugs] #5926 [Firefox Patch Issues]: nsXPCException leaks language info via Date string in exceptions

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#5926: nsXPCException leaks language info via Date string in exceptions
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     Reporter:  mikeperry            |      Owner:  mikeperry
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major                |  Milestone:
    Component:  Firefox Patch        |    Version:
  Issues                             |   Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting,
   Resolution:                       |  interview
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Comment (by arthuredelstein):

 Greg's test, mentioned above, produces the Date string not from an
 nsXPCException (as the ticket title claims), but from a line in the
 function log(txt) in the source file http://pseudo-flaw.net/tor/torbutton
 /torbutton-common.js, that contains the expression `(new
 Date()).toLocaleString()`.

 In any case, I have examined the Date string produced by this test under
 both US English and German versions of TBB, and also under computer locale
 and language set to both US English and German. In all cases, I see the
 same Date formatting:
 `Date: Fri May  9 23:03:18 2014`
 which corresponds to the current UTC time.

 So I think this bug no longer exists, and I would suggest that it can be
 closed.

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