[tor-bugs] #26601 [Applications/Tor Browser]: investigate whether SVGGeometryElement introduces a fingerprinting vector

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#26601: investigate whether SVGGeometryElement introduces a fingerprinting vector
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     Reporter:  mcs                  |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium               |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor     |    Version:
  Browser                            |   Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting,
     Severity:  Normal               |  ff60-esr, TorBrowserTeam201807
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 Partial support for SVGGeometryElement was added in Firefox 53. We should
 verify that it does not add a fingerprinting vector via methods such as
 `SVGGeometryElement.getPointAtLength()` which locates a point part way
 along an arbitrary path.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26601>
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