From 213467d91bb1bc4f5c517c2d542b11fe41422387 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thorin-Oakenpants Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 03:21:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] remove 2517 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit - inactive since we added it in v63 - this is not how you defeat fingerprinting (unless done in an enforced set) - for the record: not even tor browser disable this - fingerprinting this is not cheap in gecko (for now) - from [2] - decoding/encoding capabilities: "it is expected that the entropy ... isn’t going to be significant" - HDR detection: "... has the potential to add significant entropy .. however .. but ... thus minimizing effective entropy" - it is what it is - note that RFP has some mitigations in FF82+ 1461454 --- user.js | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/user.js b/user.js index 8b94f41..59021dc 100644 --- a/user.js +++ b/user.js @@ -976,11 +976,6 @@ user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2500 syntax error: the parrot's shuffled off 'is m * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/HardwareAcceleration ***/ // user_pref("gfx.direct2d.disabled", true); // [WINDOWS] // user_pref("layers.acceleration.disabled", true); -/* 2517: disable Media Capabilities API [FF63+] - * [WARNING] The API state is fingerprintable. Disabling may affect performance - * [1] https://github.com/WICG/media-capabilities - * [2] https://wicg.github.io/media-capabilities/#security-privacy-considerations ***/ - // user_pref("media.media-capabilities.enabled", false); /* 2522: disable/limit WebGL (Web Graphics Library) * [SETUP-WEB] When disabled, will break some websites. When enabled, provides high entropy, * especially with readPixels(). Some of the other entropy is lessened with RFP (4501)