top | item 25167730 (no title) deadwing0 | 5 years ago When starting up Tor, aren't you confronted with a message about not maximizing the window? I wonder how many users follow that and leave it as is.Is there anything else that makes it not really effective? discuss order hn newest dymax78|5 years ago >When starting up Tor, aren't you confronted with a message about not maximizing the window?I've never seen that message before, but that would explain why it always opens up 'windowed'. nitrohorse|5 years ago I'm pretty sure that because Tor Browser ships w/ `privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing` set to `true` by default since 9.0 [1] (Oct. 22 2019 [2]), users can resize the windows now without affecting their fingerprint.[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31059 [2] https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-90
dymax78|5 years ago >When starting up Tor, aren't you confronted with a message about not maximizing the window?I've never seen that message before, but that would explain why it always opens up 'windowed'. nitrohorse|5 years ago I'm pretty sure that because Tor Browser ships w/ `privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing` set to `true` by default since 9.0 [1] (Oct. 22 2019 [2]), users can resize the windows now without affecting their fingerprint.[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31059 [2] https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-90
nitrohorse|5 years ago I'm pretty sure that because Tor Browser ships w/ `privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing` set to `true` by default since 9.0 [1] (Oct. 22 2019 [2]), users can resize the windows now without affecting their fingerprint.[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31059 [2] https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-90
dymax78|5 years ago
I've never seen that message before, but that would explain why it always opens up 'windowed'.
nitrohorse|5 years ago
[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31059 [2] https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-90