[tor-bugs] #32861 [Applications/Tor Browser]: "Fingerprint.js PRO" successfully fingerprints Tor Browser

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#32861: "Fingerprint.js PRO" successfully fingerprints Tor Browser
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 Reporter:  printerman22             |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Component:  Applications/Tor
                                     |  Browser
  Version:                           |       Severity:  Normal
 Keywords:  fingperint,              |  Actual Points:
  fingerpriting                      |
Parent ID:                           |         Points:
 Reviewer:                           |        Sponsor:
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 Not affiliated with the site. Demo: https://fingerprintjs.com/demo.

 When using Tor Browser 68.3.0esr on macOS Catalina, this site is capable
 of successfully fingerprinting me across multiple visits with a different
 identity each time.

 Steps to reproduce:
 1. Visit https://fingerprintjs.com/demo in the Tor Browser.
 2. Click the "New Identity" button.
 3. Wait a little bit to avoid timing correlation.
 4. Revisit the website.

 Screenshot of the fingerprinting: https://i.ibb.co/SvWsP4K/image.png.

 A potential solution is taking some features from the "Trace" Firefox add-
 on (not affiliated): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon
 /absolutedouble-trace/. It prevented Fingerprint.js from successfully
 fingerprinting anything. Every time I created a "New Identity" in the Tor
 Browser and visited the website, it gave me a new identifier, with no
 record of my past visits.

 When using the Firefox add-on "Canvas Blocker", Fingerprint.js was still
 capable of identifying me across identities.

 Here are the Trace features I have enabled:
 https://i.ibb.co/BPCbWCk/image.png.

 Here are the advanced Trace features I have enabled:
 https://i.ibb.co/8bmNYxL/image.png.

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