Firefox can be tracked by evercookie even if configured to delete all contents when quit and dom storage disabled
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
firefox (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
i found that firefox can be identified by websites through several technologies even with heigh privacy settings.
http://
this should not happen because the preferences are set to delete history, cookies, download-history, active logins, search terms, cache, saved passwords and offline website data when quitting.
also dom.storage.enabled is set to false in about:config.
here is the output of the evercookie script:
userData mechanism: undefined
cookieData mechanism: 283
localData mechanism: undefined
globalData mechanism: undefined
sessionData mechanism: undefined
windowData mechanism: 283
historyData mechanism: undefined
pngData mechanism: 283
etagData mechanism:
cacheData mechanism: 283
lsoData mechanism: 283
slData mechanism: undefined
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.10+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 20 01:50:17 2010
FirefoxPackages:
firefox 3.6.10+
firefox-
firefox-branding 3.6.10+
abroswer N/A
abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100223.2)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
visibility: | private → public |
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
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