[tor-bugs] #30800 [Applications/Tor Browser]: ftp:// on Windows can be used to leak the system time zone

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#30800: ftp:// on Windows can be used to leak the system time zone
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting,                  |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201907R, GeorgKoppen201907       |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by acat):

 > Besides, I'm not sure why we could not use UTC instead of GMT when
 resistfingerprinting is on (at least that's the behaviour on Linux for me,
 and it does not leak the timezone).

 Sorry, obviously this does not make any sense since they are synonyms,
 forget about it :)

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