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From: Miroslav Rovis <miro.rovis@××××××××××××××.hr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] tor browser also anti-fingerprinting
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:45:25
Message-Id: 20170113224513.GA21469@g0n.xdwgrp
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] tor browser also anti-fingerprinting by Meino.Cramer@gmx.de
1 On 170113-18:01+0100, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> [17-01-13 02:51]:
3 > > I said in a recent thread that tor was an ip obfuscation tool, but also "Tor
4 > > Browser normalizes many browser outputs to mitigate existing browser
5 > > fingerprinting," according to;
6 > >
7 > > https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fingerprinting-techniques-identify-users-across-different-browsers-on-the-same-pc/
8
9 Great new research! Thanks! This will be linked all over the internet,
10 for a few more months from now, till newser research comes along!
11
12 >
13 > Hi Adam,
14 >
15 > would it possible to re-configure a Tor-Browser to use the "normal
16 > web" instead of the tor-network?
17 >
18 I see you asked Adam, but this is trivial. Tor-Browser is just Firefox,
19 modified and improved in some ways.
20
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22 Miroslav Rovis
23 Zagreb, Croatia
24 http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr

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Re: [gentoo-user] tor browser also anti-fingerprinting Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] tor browser also anti-fingerprinting Meino.Cramer@×××.de