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Why does Tor Browser have trackers?


!F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository I checked out tor browser in exodus and got to know it have 3 trackers.
Mozilla tracking,Sentry and Google Analytics.
Why is it the case?
Is Tor Private to use after this?

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in reply to Testing It

It doesn't, those are stubs. Exodus will decompile and look for functions and imported APIs, not if the functions are actually filled out. This is a good approach a lot of the time, but has false positives like this occasionally.
in reply to cum

Quite true. Actually trying to remove all traces of them may break a number of things, hence the stubs are left. It is just easier this way when lacking a full on, well-payed team of software coders and engineers.

Essentially, false positives.

in reply to cum

Is there a way to tell if an app only has these stubs or if they are fully functional trackers?
in reply to Testing It

Yes Tor is safe to use. The trackers and non-free software are "leftovers" as people have already said. (I believe this is true with the F-droid version)

Its odd to me that Tor would go the proprietary route with this but ah well.

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helenslunch
Tor browser doesnt block all the fingerprint.


The funny thing about fingerprinting is that blocking fingerprinting is actually your fingerprint.

If you block access to absolutely everything, then not only will the page not function but you will be identified accordingly.

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