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by neerdowell 3682 days ago
> The Tor Browser does not send misinformation; it just blocks.

No, it doesn't. TB sends all kinds of misinformation, from the user agent string (always reports itself as being its base version of Firefox running on 32-bit Windows 7) to rounding javascript timing functions to reduce the precision.

> A solution would probably be a browser where every version, on every platform reports the exact same things, always the same way.

That's exactly what Tor Browser does.

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The last time I tried it this wasn't always the case; however, my information could easily be outdated, and in that case, I'm sorry.