On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:38:58 -0800, Mike Perry wrote: > Thus spake kazaam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > A few comments on this. First off, the fact that window sizes factor > into a hash means as soon as you resize your window 1 pixel, they get > a completely new identifier, uncorrelated to the previous one. So this > is a trivial identifier to modify on your own if you are aware of it, > or even to change accidentally. > > But otherwise, I agree it is pretty interesting work, and Torbutton > 1.1.14 will address many of these items, including a couple of modes > of operation for masking window size, and protection against revealing > extension installation during Tor. The ability to use chome urls to > determine true user agent, extension presence, and platform > information was brought to our attention courtesy of Gregory > Fleischer about a month ago. Unfortunately, fixes for his issues and > the window size spoofing code didn't make it into the 1.1.13 release > because of the more serious javascript and plugin issues recently > descovered in Firefox that that release had to work around.
What about NoScript extension? Will that prevent gathering information about installed plugins and other settings?
