Bug #6261
Tor browser / HTTPS Everywhere should not connect to check.torproject.org on startup
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Description
In Tails 0.20, on every Iceweasel startup (including the 2nd one etc. during a given GNOME session), it connects to check.torproject.org (as seen in Vidalia network map).
We already have versioncheck_enabled=false. Setting versioncheck_url=“about:blank” and test_url=“about:blank” does not change the behaviour.
Reproduced with tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-2.3.25-12-dev-en-US.tar.gz.
Subtasks
| Bug #6262: Wait for Torbutton to allow not connecting to check.t.o on startup | Rejected | intrigeri | 0 |
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| Feature #7686: Verify that Tor Browser does not connect to check.t.o if HTTPS Everywhere is disabled | Resolved | 100 |
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| Bug #7764: Wait for HTTPS Everywhere to allow not connecting to check.t.o on startup | Duplicate | 0 |
History
#1 Updated by BitingBird 2014-03-14 17:54:50
- Subject changed from Connects to check.torproject.org on startup to Torbutton should not connect to check.torproject.org on startup
renaming because the title was misleading
#2 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-09 15:21:56
- Subject changed from Torbutton should not connect to check.torproject.org on startup to The browser should not connect to check.torproject.org on startup
So in the end, Torbutton is not to blame: HTTPS Everywhere is the one that initiates this connection.
#3 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-18 13:25:03
- Subject changed from The browser should not connect to check.torproject.org on startup to Tor browser / HTTPS Everywhere should not connect to check.torproject.org on startup
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9693 This is the corresponding ticket on Tot’s bugtracker.
I’ve not verified the current status of this either in Tails nor in the upstream code of the browser extension.
#4 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-18 13:25:34
I’ve merged all information from Bug #7764 into this ticket.