A screenshot of a Firefox theme that match the colors of the Tor Browser

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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Will this lead to easier fingerprinting?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    The short answer is probably not.

    The longer answer is that in theory it may be possible to use some kind of exploit or side-channel attack to figure out what theme is enabled or which themes are available through media queries for example with JavaScript or CSS. Tor browser uses dark mode by default, and since this is a dark theme, that doesn’t change. It only affects the chrome (UI) of the browser, not the page itself.

    So that is something you should keep in mind for your threat model.

    My answer is based on personal experience, some basic googling and asking the Tor community. But it still can’t hurt to do some additional research yourself. 😄

    Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    My first thought is: anonymity is all about entropy

    Do as little as possible to be distinguishable from other Random Tor User, to any sites or services you interact with.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Garlic theme would be cool

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    People still use fedtor?

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