[tor-bugs] #30862 [Applications/Tor Browser]: 10ms time precision via EXSLT date-time function

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#30862: 10ms time precision via EXSLT date-time function
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 Reporter:  gk                               |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                           |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                             |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting-time-highres  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:5 Thorin]:
 > Am I missing something here? I can already get 1ms timing via other
 means: see Fantastic Timers and Where to Find Them (gk: I sent you a copy
 a month ago)

 Yes, there are ways to get around fingerprinting defenses. But that is not
 a reason to not implement defenses in the first place. You close hole by
 hole raising the bar for the attacker. Remeber: you don't win the
 fingerprinting game by closing _all_ the holes but by making it hard
 enough that trackers lose interest in this technique and/or don't get
 usable results out of it anymore.

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