17 Aug
2019
17 Aug
'19
9:17 p.m.
On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 at 15:06, procmem@riseup.net procmem@riseup.net wrote:
Question for the Tor Browser experts. Do you know if it is possible to remotely fingerprint the browser based on the memory allocator it is using? (via JS or content rendering)
Fingerprint what aspect of the browser/machine?
We are thinking of switching Tor Browser to use the minimalist and security oriented hardened_malloc written by Daniel Micay. Thanks.
I wouldn't advise giving up partitioning for.... what exactly? What features does this allocator have that 68's jemalloc doesn't?
-tom