Commit 640dce2e authored by Mike Perry's avatar Mike Perry
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Bug 8382: Leave IndexedDB and Offline Storage disabled. 

Offline Storage can be used as a third party tracking vector, and IndexedDB
seems impossible to clear during New Identity.
parent 80ec7539

src/chrome/content/torbutton.js

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@@ -1535,12 +1535,14 @@ function torbutton_update_disk_prefs() { 


    m_tb_prefs.setBoolPref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", mode);

    m_tb_prefs.setBoolPref("browser.cache.disk.enable", !mode);

    m_tb_prefs.setBoolPref("dom.indexedDB.enabled", !mode);



    // No way to clear this beast during New Identity. Leave it off.

    //m_tb_prefs.setBoolPref("dom.indexedDB.enabled", !mode);



    if (m_tb_tbb) m_tb_prefs.setBoolPref("permissions.memory_only", mode);



    // XXX: Third party abuse?

    m_tb_prefs.setBoolPref("browser.cache.offline.enable", !mode);

    // Third party abuse. Leave it off for now.

    //m_tb_prefs.setBoolPref("browser.cache.offline.enable", !mode);



    if (mode) {

        m_tb_prefs.setIntPref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2);