Commit f8750206 authored by Mike Perry's avatar Mike Perry
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Improve fingerprinting sources intro.

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    <title>Sources of Fingerprinting Issues</title>
    <para>

All fingerprinting issues arise from one of four primary sources in the
browser. Additionally, user behavior itself provides one more source of
potential fingerprinting. Listed in order from most severe to least severe in
terms of the amount of information they reveal, these sources are:
All browser fingerprinting issues arise from one of four primary sources:
end-user configuration details, device and hardware characteristics, operating
system vendor and version differences, and browser vendor and version
differences. Additionally, user behavior itself provides one more source of
potential fingerprinting.

    </para>
    <para>

In order to help prioritize and inform defenses, we now list these sources in
order from most severe to least severe in terms of the amount of information
they reveal, and describe them in more detail.

    </para>
    <orderedlist>
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  </sect3>
  <sect3 id="fingerprinting-defenses">
   <title>Fingerprinting defenses in the Tor Browser</title>
   <title>Fingerprinting Defenses in the Tor Browser</title>
   <para>

The following defenses are listed roughly in order of most severe