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Re:Javascript exploit actively used against TorBrowser by micaksica on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @07:45PM (#13067542)
The VM can go "full screen" and lock the height/width in X, then.
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Re:Javascript exploit actively used against TorBrowser by trome on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @09:45PM (#13068041)
We could do stretching then when the user tries to enbiggen it, that way they don't get deanonymized!
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Re:Javascript exploit actively used against TorBrowser by micaksica on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @11:30PM (#13068506)
It is basically impossible to fully anonymize a browser as long as JavaScript+plugins are running. EFF's Panopticlick [1] and browserleaks [2] are good at explaining some of these fingerprinting vectors.

[1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/

[2] http://browserleaks.com/

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