GNU bug report logs - #52236
PRIVACY: Integrate arkenfox for icecat configuration

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Jacob Hrbek <kreyren <at> rixotstudio.cz>

Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 03:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 52236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, Jacob Hrbek
 <kreyren <at> rixotstudio.cz>, 52236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52236: PRIVACY: Integrate arkenfox for icecat configuration
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:32:46 -0500
Hi Maxime, Jacob, and others,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> writes:

> Jacob Hrbek schreef op do 02-12-2021 om 03:58 [+0000]:
[...]
>> [...] so that the browser can be a sufficient replacement for Tor
>> Browser Bundle.
>
> The Tor project advised against using anything but their Tor Browser,
> to avoid fingerprinting. It also advised against customisation, for the
> same reasons. I cannot find the web page explaining the details, but
> <https://support.torproject.org/tbb/tbb-14/> comes close.

I agree with everything Maxime wrote here.  For an in-depth discussion
of the relevant issues, please see:

  <https://2019.www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/>

Regarding this specific issue, see the "Sources of Fingerprinting
Issues" subsection of section 4.6 (Cross-Origin Fingerprinting
Unlinkability) of the document above.

      Thanks,
        Mark

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