[tor-bugs] #10283 [Applications/Tor Browser]: SpeechSynthesis API may be fingerprintable

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#10283: SpeechSynthesis API may be fingerprintable
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 Reporter:  mikeperry                            |          Owner:
     Type:  task                                 |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff52-esr, tbb-fingerprinting, tbb-   |  Actual Points:
  testcase, tbb-7.0-must-alpha,                  |
  TorBrowserTeam201704                           |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:  None
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Comment (by arthuredelstein):

 Replying to [comment:5 mikeperry]:
 > This appears to be still disabled in ff31. The pref is
 media.webspeech.recognition.enable.

 To clarify, this pref is for speech recognition, and is still off by
 default in 52ESR. My patch in the previous comment disables speech
 generation as well.

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