[tor-bugs] #15646 [Tor Browser]: KeyboardEvent may allow fingerprinting of keyboard layout

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#15646: KeyboardEvent may allow fingerprinting of keyboard layout
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  arthuredelstein
  cypherpunks            |     Status:  assigned
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:
     Priority:  major    |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  ff38-esr, tbb-fingerprinting, tbb-5
  Browser                |  .0a-highrisk, TorBrowserTeam201508,
   Resolution:           |  GeorgKoppen201507R
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:44 gk]:
 > I see:
 > {{{
 > Key event not available on some keyboard layouts: key="r"
 modifiers="accel,alt" browser.xul
 > Key event not available on some keyboard layouts: key="c"
 modifiers="accel,alt"
 > }}}
 > on start-up on a Linux box with a german keyborad layout. Is this
 expected? I am not sure whether this breaks (chrome) stuff yet.

 Seems to be unrelated to the keyboardevent patch as I see it in a vanilla
 Firefox as well.

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