Closed Bug 1330892 Opened 8 years ago Closed 7 years ago

<isindex> leaks user locale

Categories

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect, P1)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: HTML Parser
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: arthur, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 2 open bugs)

Details

(Whiteboard: [fingerprinting][tor][fp:m3])

<isindex> generates a form with a label that is in the user's locale, thus leaking the locale to content. In Tor Browser we have a patch that forces the label to be in English. Here is the patch: https://torpat.ch/18194 We'd like to somehow to have this ability in mainline. Perhaps it could use English-only labels when privacy.resistFingerprinting is enabled. This bug will be obsolete if bug 1266495 is fixed (isindex removed).
bug 1266495 has lots of signals suggesting high likelihood of <isindex> removal. Setting dependency field optimistically.
Depends on: 1266495
Priority: -- → P2
Summary: <isindex> leaks user locale → <isindex> leaks user locale [tor 18914]
Whiteboard: [tor 18914][fingerprinting] → [fingerprinting]
Whiteboard: [fingerprinting] → [fingerprinting][tor]
Summary: <isindex> leaks user locale [tor 18914] → <isindex> leaks user locale
Priority: P2 → P1
Whiteboard: [fingerprinting][tor] → [fingerprinting][tor][fp:m1]
Whiteboard: [fingerprinting][tor][fp:m1] → [fingerprinting][tor][fp:m3]
Note: bug 1266495 is now resolved fixed
According to comment 1 and comment 2. Resolve this bug.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
FIXED, not INVALID.
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago → 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
(In reply to Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen) from comment #4) > FIXED, not INVALID. That makes sense. Thanks, Henri!
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