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browser probably never will include an ad blocker, like we do. See:
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[2.3.5: No filters](https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#philosophy)
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As long as we keep an ad blocker that prevents downloading the ads our
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browser fingerprint will be quite different from the Tor browser's.
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> Sure, the browser fingerprinting issue is a real one; I wonder if
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> this is going to be more and more true anyway, with torbrowser
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> diverging more and more from iceweasel + torbutton.
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We could of course remedy this by using an ad blocker which downloads
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the ads but just hides the elements, but this sort of defeats what
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I suppose is the main reason for us to have an ad blocker: to reduce
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the lag introduced by downloading ads that usually are larger than the
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target sites themselves.
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> Making it harder for advertising networks to track Tails users is
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> another reason I see to keep AdBlock. The torbrowser design document
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> reads "these addons do not add any real privacy to a proper
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> implementation of the above privacy requirements, as all third
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> parties are prevented from tracking users between sites by the
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> implementation"; we should read the Implementation section in
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> details, see if this is true for iceweasel + torbutton, or merely
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> for torbrowser. Thus tagging research too.
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(Long, hard to follow discussion moved to the [[discussion
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page|remove adblock?/discussion]].)
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> So, what are you going to do about Adblock?
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> Are you talking with Tor developers about this?
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>> **Current status**: stalled. We are going to discuss Tails
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>> relationship with the Torbrowser, especially on the browser
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>> fingerprinting, anonymity set and ad blocking topics, during the
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>> northern hemisphere's summer 2012.
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>>> **Current status**: waiting for the notes of the aforementioned
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>>> discussion to be converted into ticket updates [anonym].
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>>> Thus removing the obsolete tags. |