Re: [Tails-dev] Simple suggestion - disable auto-maximizing windows

2020-11-20 Thread anonym
Justin McAfee: I believe there's a certain expectation by the OP that window sizes will be correlated with browser fingerprinting. Indeed. Probably because this used to be an issue in Tor Browser, which it warned about if you maximized the window. But this was solved in Tor Browser 9.0 (and a

Re: [Tails-dev] Simple suggestion - disable auto-maximizing windows

2020-11-18 Thread Justin McAfee
I believe there's a certain expectation by the OP that window sizes will be correlated with browser fingerprinting. Could you speak to the compensating controls or mitigations in place to prevent this sort of attack? I.e.; Spoofing user- agent strings, disabling webrtc, et al.? I know the usua

Re: [Tails-dev] Simple suggestion - disable auto-maximizing windows

2020-11-18 Thread intrigeri
Hi, kittenkisser1--- via Tails-dev (2020-11-18): > Everytime I open Tails I run this simple command line: > > $ gsettings set org.gnome.mutter edge-tiling false > > Without it it's easy to accidentally maximize the browser window, and that > can lead to de-anonymization. How can this lead to de-

[Tails-dev] Simple suggestion - disable auto-maximizing windows

2020-11-18 Thread kittenkisser1--- via Tails-dev
Everytime I open Tails I run this simple command line: $ gsettings set org.gnome.mutter edge-tiling false Without it it's easy to accidentally maximize the browser window, and that can lead to de-anonymization. So I suggest to make this simple setting a default in Tails. Kind regards. Sent wi