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Why does Tor Browser have trackers?
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this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2024
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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.
Is there a way to tell if an app only has these stubs or if they are fully functional trackers?
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.