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== Anti-Fingerprinting ==
== Anti-Fingerprinting ==
In addition to private mode enhancements, Tor also needs to extend private mode protections to remote adversaries (the network).  They do this by reducing fingerprintability -- something not perfect, but makes fingerprinting harder.  This includes things like limiting number of loaded fonts per document, avoiding exposure of system colors, limiting CSS media queries, plugin blocking, etc.
In addition to private mode enhancements, Tor currently extends private mode protections to remote adversaries (the network).  They do this by reducing fingerprintability -- something not perfect, but makes fingerprinting harder.  This includes things like limiting number of loaded fonts per document, avoiding exposure of system colors, limiting CSS media queries, plugin blocking, etc.


Some of this can be done by updating private browsing mode (where our threat model aligns with Tor's).  Others may require addition of some new prefs that change other behaviors of Firefox.
Some of this can be done by updating private browsing mode (where our threat model aligns with Tor's).  Others may require addition of some new prefs that change other behaviors of Firefox.  The Anti-Fingerprinting stuff is more about the prefs than changing private mode.


== Network and Proxy Changes ==
== Network and Proxy Changes ==
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