[tor-talk] browser fingerprinting

[Gerardus Hendricks]

On 4/13/14 9:20 PM, Randolph wrote:
> Anonymity is quite easily broken, if cookies cannot managed (e.g. like
> in certain browsers) and if javascript is enabled. As far as we see,
> Firefox in the Tor bundle disables javascript, right?
> Javascript allows to access the local IP address and files, which host the
> local IP address. That`s why Tor and Javascript do not go together.

The Tor Browser Bundle does not disable Javascript by default. You can 
easily disable it by clicking the NoScript button at the left side of 
the address bar, and clicking 'Disallow all' (or something like that)

Javascript doesn't reveal your "local IP address and files".