[tor-talk] NoScript for TOR disabled by default

Olivier Cornu o.cornu at riseup.net
Fri Jan 31 14:00:54 UTC 2014


Le 31/01/2014 01:18, Joe Btfsplk a écrit :
> 
> On 1/30/2014 9:22 AM, Sukhoi wrote:
>> In fact, I am worried with the Wireless Position System developed by
>> google and others, and the introduction in the browsers, like firefox, a
>> way to track which wireless networks the computer can "see" in a given
>> moment. Based on that they identify the user physical (because google
>> street view mapped the wireless network physical location), fingerprint
>> the computer and, possibly, track other key information.
>>
>> Seems that this critical issue is not currently handled by TOR.
> 
> OK - why would Mozilla want to track the location of users?

It does not have to be Mozilla, it could also be any website visited:
http://www.securityweek.com/hacker-uses-xss-and-google-streetview-data-determine-physical-location

Where Mozilla might be held responsible is because the corresponding bug
has had an open ticket for almost 8 years:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354493

But perhaps I misunderstood what Sukhoi meant…

-- 
Olivier Cornu


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