Feature #9028

Check whether Tor Browser disables automatic updates

Added by sajolida 2015-03-06 20:13:57 . Updated 2015-04-06 11:54:30 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
sajolida
Category:
Target version:
Start date:
2015-03-06
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Communicate
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Affected tool:
Browser
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Description

Maone said so in https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-March/008346.html but there is no mention of this on the Tor Browser design document (https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/) which instead mentions that “addon updates” are proxied as well.

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History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2015-04-05 12:51:09

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

Asked on tbb-dev https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2015-April/000257.html

#2 Updated by sajolida 2015-04-06 11:54:30

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved

The answer is no, normal updates are prevented only for Torbutton and Tor Launcher. https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb-dev/2015-April/000258.html