[tor-bugs] #13019 [Tor Browser]: New locale fingerprinting capabilities in FF31ESR

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#13019: New locale fingerprinting capabilities in FF31ESR
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  arthuredelstein
  mikeperry              |     Status:  needs_revision
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:
     Priority:  major    |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  ff31-esr, tbb-fingerprinting,
  Browser                |  TorBrowserTeam201503, tbb-4.5-alpha
   Resolution:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:23 arthuredelstein]:
 > After further discussion with Mike, I have kept the boolean pref, but
 renamed it to javascript.use_us_english_locale
 >
 > Here's the revised patch for Tor Browser:
 > https://github.com/arthuredelstein/tor-
 browser/commit/917f5dfb669585ceb4b42f68ed93988ada61e158
 >
 > And the accompanying patch for torbutton:
 >
 https://github.com/arthuredelstein/torbutton/commit/dcbd97834f991c6b4ef5f86154e6823251511075

 These patches do not solve the problem. I made sure I really built Tor
 Browser with the commit above and had the proper Torbutton version
 running. Still, the locale of the OS was not spoofed.

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