[tor-bugs] #17898 [Tor Browser]: Disable Firefox' new Tracking Protection in ESR 45 (was: Firefox new Tracking Protection)

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#17898: Disable Firefox' new Tracking Protection in ESR 45
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks  |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium       |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal       |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff45-esr     |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:               |         Points:
  Sponsor:               |
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Changes (by gk):

 * cc: elypter (added)


Comment:

 See: https://ieee-
 security.org/TC/SPW2015/W2SP/papers/W2SP_2015_submission_24.pdf and there
 the introduction (especially the demo) for (additional) arguments against
 the blacklisting approach. Oh, and you probably know that Mozilla is
 exempting trackers because those are so important that they can't allow
 them to be broken (which they would if they just took Disconnect.me's
 blocklist): https://github.com/mozilla-services/shavar-list-exceptions.
 See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101005 for all the
 breakage due to the tracking protection feature.

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