#21387: Enabling the bookmarks bar can allow websites to fingerprint you ------------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: Dbryrtfbcbhgf | Owner: tbb-team Type: defect | Status: new Priority: High | Milestone: Tor: 0.2.9.x-final Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Tor: 0.2.9.9 Severity: Normal | Keywords: Actual Points: | Parent ID: Points: | Reviewer: Sponsor: | ------------------------------------------+-------------------------------- go to http://whatsmy.browsersize.com/and check the size of the browser window. then click on view in torbrowser and enable the bookmark bar. the go to http://whatsmy.browsersize.com/ again and the size of your browser window will change from the default values. This can allow websites to uniquely identify users that have bookmark bar enabled.
before enabling bookmark bar. Browser window width: 1000 Browser window height: 500 Screen width: 1000 Screen height: 500 Screen color depth: 24 After enabling bookmark bar. Browser window width: 1000 Browser window height: 477 Screen width: 1000 Screen height: 477 Screen color depth: 24 tor browser version tested. 6.5 (based on Mozilla Firefox 45.7.0) -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21387> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online _______________________________________________ tor-bugs mailing list tor-bugs@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs