Re: [tor-talk] Tor and JavaScript

2018-12-10 Thread iwanlegit
1. not serious? JS leaks my OS name, architecture name, clock setting, fonts, and more... These are not my IP address even though I don't welcome JS. 2. serious! If malicious attackers/softwares can get my IP address but can't send it to their server directly, they may replace my OS name to

Re: [tor-talk] Tor and JavaScript

2018-12-10 Thread David Teller
Well, there are many ways to use JavaScript to deanonymize you. For instance, JS can be used to measure the speed of specific operations on your computer, which already gives some information on what kind of computer you are using. Firefox contains some counter-measures against this, TorBrowser

[tor-talk] Tor and JavaScript

2018-12-10 Thread jiggytwiggy
Are there any serious disadvantages to using JS with the TBB. As we know, disabling JS prevents some sites working at all while other sites has reduced functionality. Correct me if I am wrong, but I'm sure that server-side JS cannot get the user's real (non-Tor) IP address. If that's correct,