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Disable speech API on strict fingerprint blocking #14242

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ghost opened this issue Feb 18, 2021 · 1 comment
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Disable speech API on strict fingerprint blocking #14242

ghost opened this issue Feb 18, 2021 · 1 comment
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closed/duplicate Issue has already been reported feature/shields/fingerprint The fingerprinting (aka: "device recognition") protection provided in Shields feature-request OS/Desktop OS/Windows privacy privacy-pod Feature work for the Privacy & Web Compatibility pod

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ghost commented Feb 18, 2021

Description

The speech API reveals language preferences on Windows 10. Please disable or spoof speech API when set to strict fingerprint blocking.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. On Windows 10 go to https://browserleaks.com/javascript
  2. The SpeechSynthesis section reveals the languages installed on your system.

Actual result:

SpeechSynthesis shows:
Microsoft David Desktop - English (United States)
Microsoft Zira Desktop - English (United States)
(My own language here. I want to keep secret.)

Expected result:

SpeechSynthesis should be disabled, or only show:
Microsoft David Desktop - English (United States)
Microsoft Zira Desktop - English (United States)

Reproduces how often:

Easily reproduced

Brave version (info found on brave://version)

Brave 1.20.103 Chromium: 88.0.4324.152 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision 6579930fc53b4dc589c042bec9d0a3778326974d-refs/branch-heads/4324@{#2106}
OS Windows 10 OS Version 1809 (Build 17763.1757)

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@rebron rebron added OS/Desktop feature/shields/fingerprint The fingerprinting (aka: "device recognition") protection provided in Shields OS/Windows labels Feb 18, 2021
@rebron rebron changed the title Feature Request: Disable speech API on strict fingerprint blocking Disable speech API on strict fingerprint blocking May 14, 2021
@ShivanKaul ShivanKaul added the privacy-pod Feature work for the Privacy & Web Compatibility pod label Aug 31, 2021
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pes10k commented Sep 13, 2021

Thank you for the bug report! Marking this as a dupe of #18062, where we'll track progress on this issue.

@pes10k pes10k closed this as completed Sep 13, 2021
@pes10k pes10k added the closed/duplicate Issue has already been reported label Sep 13, 2021
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