1445400 - GeckoView: Add API to enable/disable/configure Fingerprinting Protection

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(GeckoView :: General, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Klar wants to enable/disable/configure GeckoView's Fingerprinting Protection. This API will probably need to be more than a simple boolean switch because Klar might want separate UI settings for basic fingerprinting and canvas protection (bug 1376865).

tjr says there isn't a separate pref for canvas protection outside of privacy.resistFingerprinting. IsImageExtractionAllowed is the correct function and we would only need to add a new pref and fiddle the logic in there a little bit (like bug 1376865).

Comment 1

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Here is the Klar issue to create the settings UI for fingerprinting protection:

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/2289

Comment 2

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Dropping priority from P1 to P2. Susheel says we can defer fingerprinting protection to Klar 7.0 (GeckoView 62?) because it is a new feature.

Comment 3

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Deprioritizing because fingerprinting protection is no longer a Klar blocker.

Comment 4

[:sdaswani]

Just noting this may become more a need soon - will let you know for sure as soon as I know.

Comment 5

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Move GeckoView::Tracking Protection bugs to the GeckoView::General component.

Comment 6

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Enhancements should have severity N/A.

Comment 7

[Tom Ritter [:tjr] (OOTO until 4/30 at least)]

No, we shouldn't do this.