Tor Anonymity: Things Not to Do

Re:Tor Anonymity: Things Not to Do by corin_ on Monday January 04, 2016 @07:03AM (#10835088)

Hmm, my thinking was that Tor browser would randomly pick a size, but maybe it only has a certain number of options to make sure every user crosses with plenty of other users too? In which case resizing of any sort would make you more unique, just within the session. (I'm no expert on Tor/browser.)

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Re:Tor Anonymity: Things Not to Do by ethbro on Monday January 04, 2016 @07:59AM (#10835356)

For those with knowledge of how window size affects page layout, is there any technical reason for Tor browser not to fuzz with a random +/- 5 pixels while in a single session (say, on every page load)?

Similar to what the nosleep utility does with jiggling the mouse by an unnoticable +/- a few pixels.

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Re:Tor Anonymity: Things Not to Do by JoshTriplett on Monday January 04, 2016 @08:06AM (#10835387)

Too easy to average that away.

Could make sense to do so on a session-by-session basis, though.

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Re:Tor Anonymity: Things Not to Do by startling on Monday January 04, 2016 @10:03AM (#10835894)

Randomly picking a size still gives a good chance of being able to track user connections across a single session.

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