Tor Browser Update

Discussion in 'privacy technology' started by ronjor, Nov 30, 2016.

  1. ronjor

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    Tor Browser 8.0a6 is released
     
  2. ronjor

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    Domain Fronting Is Critical to the Open Web
     
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    Tor Browser v7.5.4 Released (May 09, 2018)
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    All platforms
    • Update Firefox to 52.8.0esr
    • Update HTTPS Everywhere to 2018.4.11
    • Update NoScript to 5.1.8.5
    • Bug 23439: Exempt .onion domains from mixed content warnings
    • Bug 22614: Make e10s/non-e10s Tor Browsers indistinguishable
    • Bug 22659: Changes to `intl.accept.languages` get overwritten after restart
    • Bug 25973: Backport off-by-one fix (bug 1352073)
    • Bug 25020: Add a tbb_version.json file
     
  4. ronjor

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    Tor Browser 8.0a7 is released
     
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    Tor Browser 7.5.5 is released
    https://blog.torproject.org/tor-browser-755-released
     
  6. Minimalist

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    Tor Browser 8.0a8 is released
    https://blog.torproject.org/tor-browser-80a8-released
     
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    Tor Browser v7.5.6 Released (June 26, 2018)
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    Tor Browser 7.5.6 -- June 26 2018
    * All platforms
    * Update Firefox to 52.9.0esr
    * Update Tor to 0.3.3.7
    * Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.14.5
    * Bug 20890: Increase control port connection timeout
    * Update HTTPS Everywhere to 2018.6.21
    * Bug 26451: Prevent HTTPS Everywhere from freezing the browser
    * Update NoScript to 5.1.8.6
    * Bug 21537: Mark .onion cookies as secure
    * Bug 25938: Backport fix for cross-origin header leak (bug 1334776)
    * Bug 25721: Backport patches from Mozilla's bug 1448771
    * Bug 25147+25458: Sanitize HTML fragments for chrome documents
    * Bug 26221: Backport fix for leak in SHA256 in nsHttpConnectionInfo.cpp
    * Windows
    * Bug 26424: Disable UNC paths to prevent possible proxy bypasses
     
  8. guest

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    Tor Browser v8.0a9 Released (June 27, 2018)
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    Tor Browser 8.0a9 -- June 27 2018
    * All platforms
    * Update Firefox to 60.1.0esr
    * Update Tor to 0.3.4.2-alpha
    * Update Libevent to 2.1.8
    * Update Binutils to 2.26.1
    * Update Torbutton to 2.0.1
    * Bug 26100: Adapt Torbutton to Firefox 60 ESR
    * Bug 26430: New Torbutton icon
    * Bug 24309: Move circuit display to the identity popup
    * Bug 26128: Adapt security slider to the WebExtensions version of NoScript
    * Bug 23247: Show security state of .onions
    * Bug 26129: Show our about:tor page on startup
    * Bug 26235: Hide new unusable items from help menu
    * Bug 26058: Remove workaround for hiding 'sign in to sync' button
    * Bug 20628: Add locales da, he, sv, and zh-TW
    * Translations update
    * Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.16.1
    * Bug 25750: Update Tor Launcher to make it compatible with Firefox 60 ESR
    * Bug 20890: Increase control port connection timeout
    * Bug 20628: Add more locales to Tor Browser
    * Translations update
    * Update HTTPS Everywhere to 2018.6.13
    * Update NoScript to 10.1.8.2
    * Bug 25543: Rebase Tor Browser patches for ESR60
    * Bug 23247: Show security state of .onions
    * Bug 26039: Load our preferences that modify extensions
    * Bug 17965: Isolate HPKP and HSTS to URL bar domain
    * Bug 26365: Add potential AltSvc support
    * Bug 26045: Add new MAR signing keys
    * Bug 22564: Hide Firefox Sync
    * Bug 25090: Disable updater telemetry
    * Bug 26127: Make sure Torbutton and Tor Launcher are not treated as legacy extensions
    * Bug 26073: Migrate general.useragent.locale to intl.locale.requested
    * Bug 20628: Make Tor Browser available in da, he, sv-SE, and zh-TW
    * Bug 12927: Include Hebrew translation into Tor Browser
    * Bug 21245: Add danish (da) translation
    * Windows
    * Bug 26239+24197: Enable content sandboxing for 64bit Windows builds
    * Bug 22581: Fix shutdown crash
    * Bug 26424: Disable UNC paths to prevent possible proxy bypasses
    * Bug 26304: Update zlib to version 1.2.11
    * OS X
    * Bug 24052: Backport fix for bug 1412081 for better file:// handling
    * Bug 24136: After loading file:// URLs clicking on links is broken on OS X
    * Bug 24243: Tor Browser only renders HTML for local pages via file://
    * Bug 24263: Tor Browser does not run extension scripts if loaded via about:debugging
    * Bug 24632: Disable snowflake for now until its build is fixed
    * Bug 26438: Remove broken seatbelt profiles
    * Linux
    * Bug 24052: Backport fix for bug 1412081 for better file:// handling
    * Bug 24136: After loading file:// URLs clicking on links is broken on Linux
    * Bug 24243: Tor Browser only renders HTML for local pages via file://
    * Bug 24263: Tor Browser does not run extension scripts if loaded via about:debugging
    * Bug 26153: Update selfrando to be compatible with Firefox 60 ESR
    * Bug 22242: Remove RUNPATH in Linux binaries embedded by selfrando
    * Bug 26354: Set SSE2 support as minimal requirement for Tor Browser 8
    * Build System
    * All
    * Bug 26362: Use old MAR format for first ESR60-based alpha
    * Clean up
    * Windows
    * Bug 26203: Adapt tor-browser-build/tor-browser for Windows
    * Bug 26204: Bundle d3dcompiler_47.dll for Tor Browser 8
    * Bug 26205: Don't build the uninstaller for Windows during Firefox compilation
    * Bug 26206: Ship pthread related dll where needed
    * Bug 26396: Build libwinpthread reproducible
    * Bug 25837: Integrate fxc2 into our build setup for Windows builds
    * Bug 25894: Get a rust cross-compiler for Windows
    * Bug 25554: Bump mingw-w64 version for ESR 60
    * Bug 23561: Fix nsis builds for Windows 64
    * Bug 23231: Remove our STL Wrappers workaround for Windows 64bit
    * Bug 26370: Don't copy msvcr100.dll and libssp-0.dll twice
    * Bug 26476: Work around Tor Browser crashes due to fix for bug 1467041
    * Bug 18287: Use SHA-2 signature for Tor Browser setup executables
    * OS X
    * Bug 24632: Update macOS toolchain for ESR 60
    * Bug 9711: Build our own cctools for macOS cross-compilation
    * Bug 25548: Update macOS SDK for Tor Browser builds to 10.11
    * Bug 26003: Clean up our mozconfig-osx-x86_64 file
    * Bug 26195: Use new cctools in our macosx-toolchain project
    * Bug 25975: Get a rust cross-compiler for macOS
    * Bug 26475: Disable Stylo to make macOS build reproducible
    * Linux
    * Bug 26073: Patch tor-browser-build for transition to ESR 60
    * Bug 25540: Stop building and distributing sandboxed tor browser
    * Bug 25481: Rust support for tor-browser and tor
     
  9. ronjor

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    New Release: Tor Browser 8.0a10
     
  10. Minimalist

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    New Release: Tor Browser 8.0
    https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-80
     
  11. ronjor

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    New Release: Tor Browser 8.5a1

     
  12. sukarof

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    Its been a while since I used Tor browser, mainly because it was slow to use. I am impressed how fast it has become compared to last time I tried it.
     
  13. klarm

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    this change to v60 means we can't use some of the add-ons and no-script is changed to the new one (which I can't stand)?
    that's the reason I left firefox and started using firefox ESR.
     
  14. Krusty

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    It's not recommended to install extensions in TOR browser anyway.
     
  15. klarm

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    I know.
    what about no-script? is it the new one? I don't understand how can anyone use THAT. it's terrible IMO.
     
  16. BoerenkoolMetWorst

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    Note that v52 ESR is dead, 60 ESR is the only supported version now.
    It looks like NoScipt is the new version but Firefox reports it is disabled because of compatibilityo_O
     
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    just terrible IMO.
    I hate the look of new FF and new no-script :-(.
     
  18. Krusty

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    I admit it did take a while to get used to, but it's really pretty simple to use if you give it a try. It is still a powerful security extension.
     
  19. Minimalist

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    Tor Browser 8 is out: What’s new?
    https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/09/07/tor-browser-8-changes/
     
  20. Compu KTed

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    The latest version of Tor browser 8.0 no longer supports Windows XP and Vista OS's.
    Tor browser 8.0 is based on Firefox 60 ESR. Version 7.5.6 based on Firefox 52.9 ESR
    was last version for support and now is considered outdated.
     
  21. Minimalist

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    New Release: Tor Browser 8.0.1
    https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-801
     
  22. Minimalist

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    New Release: Tor Browser 8.0.2
    https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-802
     
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    Tor Browser v8.5a3 Released (October 04, 2018)
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  24. Minimalist

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    New Release: Tor Browser for Android 1.0a2
    https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-android-10a2
     
  25. guest

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    Tor Browser v8.0.3 Released (October 23, 2018)
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    Tor Browser 8.0.3 -- October 23 2018
    * All platforms
    * Update Firefox to 60.3.0esr
    * Update Torbutton to 2.0.8
    * Bug 23925+27959: Donation banner for year end 2018 campaign
    * Bug 24172: Donation banner clobbers Tor Browser version string
    * Bug 27760: Use new NoScript API for IPC and fix about:blank issue
    * Translations update
    * Update HTTPS Everywhere to 2018.9.19
    * Update NoScript to 10.1.9.9
    * Linux
    * Bug 27546: Fix vertical scrollbar behavior in Tor Browser 8 with Gtk3
    * Bug 27552: Use bundled dir on CentOS/RHEL 6
     
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