Pier Angelo Vendrame pushed to branch tor-browser-140.2.0esr-15.0-1 at The Tor
Project / Applications / Tor Browser
Commits:
c02477fa by Pier Angelo Vendrame at 2025-09-08T13:44:13+00:00
fixup! Firefox preference overrides.
BB 43950: Disable HEVC.
HEVC support can be used for fingerprinting, as it's hardware-dependent
on some systems, or depends on distribution support/installed packages
for Linux.
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1 changed file:
- browser/app/profile/001-base-profile.js
Changes:
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browser/app/profile/001-base-profile.js
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@@ -483,6 +483,9 @@ pref("gfx.offscreencanvas.enabled", false);
pref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true);
// Set video VP9 to 0 for everyone (bug 22548)
pref("media.benchmark.vp9.threshold", 0);
+// tor-browser#43950: Disable HEVC, as it will reveal lacking hardware support,
+// or differences in installed codec for Linux systems.
+pref("media.hevc.enabled", false);
pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager", true); // Bug 26114
pref("dom.webmidi.enabled", false); // Bug 41398: Disable Web MIDI API
// tor-browser#42043: Stop reporting device IDs (and spoof their number without
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