[tor-bugs] #16672 [Tor Browser]: Text rendering allows font fingerprinting

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#16672: Text rendering allows font fingerprinting
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 Reporter:  arthuredelstein                      |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                               |  arthuredelstein
 Priority:  Medium                               |         Status:
Component:  Tor Browser                          |  assigned
 Severity:  Normal                               |      Milestone:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting-fonts, tbb-5.5,   |        Version:
  TorBrowserTeam201601                           |     Resolution:
Parent ID:  #18097                               |  Actual Points:
  Sponsor:                                       |         Points:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Why to make fonts.conf if browser already using bundled fonts and every OS
 version/installation still unique, while UX "badly broken" (personally got
 headache after several hours usage, am I so unique? unlikely, but browser
 yet)?

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