Tor-mode OS-spoof: force Windows identity (Tor Browser cohort)#40
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The last identity lever: Tor Browser presents the Windows UA/oscpu/appVersion/ platform for ALL desktop platforms so Mac/Linux users hide in the majority. RFP ignores general.*.override, so this is a patch. Far smaller than the original SPEC: every spoofed value except navigator. platform flows from the SPOOFED_* macros in nsRFPService.h (UA via nsRFPService, oscpu/appVersion via Navigator + WorkerNavigator, workers via RuntimeService calling Navigator::Get*). So one #ifdef in the header forces them consistently; navigator.platform (the one hardcoded site) gets a one-line condition. No per-site coordination, no runtime pref, no inconsistency risk. Gated on -DBEARBROWSER_FORCE_WIN_SPOOF, set in the tor-mode mozconfig by apply-sourceos-overlays.sh (which also injects the patch). Default 150 build never defines it -> real OS. maxTouchPoints stays 0 (Tor desktop), not 10. Verified: applies cleanly to firefox-140.12.0 locally; CI tor-esr-patch-apply now registers it. Compile-verification lands with the Forgejo build. The .SPEC.md (original ~8-site runtime approach) is superseded by this patch.
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Adds the compile-time OS-spoof patch so Tor mode presents the Windows identity on all desktop platforms (Tor Browser cohort). Applies cleanly to firefox-140.12.0 (verified locally + CI tor-esr-patch-apply). Gated on -DBEARBROWSER_FORCE_WIN_SPOOF, set only in the tor-mode build. Compile-verification lands with the Forgejo build.
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