[tor-bugs] #20981 [Applications/Tor Browser]: The localized date string on Windows reveals local time

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#20981: The localized date string on Windows reveals local time
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     Reporter:  gk                   |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  High                 |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor     |    Version:
  Browser                            |   Keywords:  tbb-fingerinting,
     Severity:  Normal               |  TorBrowserTeam201612
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 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-602-released#comment-191587
 mentioned it first and https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-
 65a6-released#comment-225152 pointed it out again:

 On Windows the localized Date string reveals the local timezone (again). I
 reproduced that with an en-US 6.5a6 bundle on a Windows 7 machine. On my
 Linux box it is not an issue.

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