[tor-bugs] #21569 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Investigate and neuter fingerprinting potential of Permissions API

Mon Feb 27 13:16:55 UTC 2017

#21569: Investigate and neuter fingerprinting potential of Permissions API
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     Reporter:  gk                        |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  task                      |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:  ff52-esr
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      Sponsor:  Sponsor4                  |
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 The Permissions API is now enabled in Firefox 52. We should come up with a
 plan to neuter its fingerprinting potential and implement it for Tor
 Browser 7.0:

 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221106
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1233702 (removes the
 associated pref)
 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Permissions_API
 https://w3c.github.io/permissions/

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