The Tor Project has released Tor Browser 8.5.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, the new version of the popular anonymizing browser.
This release includes a temporary fix for a known WebGL fingerprinting technique. Tor 8.5.1 can be downloaded for free from the Tor Browser download page and from the distribution directory.
The development team disabled WebGL readPixel() function that could be abused to fingerprint a Tor Browser user.
“Tor Browser 8.5.1 is the first bugfix release in the 8.5 series and aims at mostly fixing regressions and providing small improvements related to our 8.5 release.” reads the announcement from the Tor Project. “Additionally, we disable the WebGL readPixel() fingerprinting vector, realizing, though, that we need a more holistic approach when trying to deal with the fingerprinting potential WebGL comes with.”
The developers defined this fix a temporary solution that needs a more holistic approach.
Bwloe the full changelog since Tor Browser 8.5:
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(SecurityAffairs – Tor Browser 8.5.1, Tor Project)
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