user.js: Beacon API - don't bother?
I think we should get rid of 2602
, the analytics it can deliver can be obtained and shared elsewhere so there’s no net gain; on the flip side, it might impact performance and we had a couple reports of breakage in the past.
bonus: one less flip, one less API disabled, arguable fingerprint gain.
sources:
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 2 years ago
- Comments: 19 (11 by maintainers)
Commits related to this issue
- beacon.enabled, see #1586 — committed to arkenfox/user.js by Thorin-Oakenpants 2 years ago
- v108 - fixup pop-up thanks @Tiagoquix - remove beacon see #1586 - remove region prefs: note: the search.region pref has been inactive since at least 102, so removing entirely - which is good, becau... — committed to arkenfox/user.js by Thorin-Oakenpants 2 years ago
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/41467
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/pull/1592/commits/6277d98539fb634df84d5d858465297e049178f3