[tor-bugs] #21742 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Investigate fingerprinting/linkability risk with File and Directory Entries API support

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Wed May 3 11:03:34 UTC 2017


#21742: Investigate fingerprinting/linkability risk with File and Directory Entries
API support
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:
                                                 |  arthuredelstein
     Type:  task                                 |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  ff52-esr, tbb-7.0-must-alpha, tbb-   |  Actual Points:
  fingerprinting, TorBrowserTeam201705R          |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  needs_review => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 Looks good. The UUID seems to be not really session specific, although
 "session" might mean something else here than "browsing session":
 uploading the same file repeatedly leads to a different UUID every time
 (tested by modifying the first jsfiddle example).

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