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

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