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This may be an unpopular opinion here but if the TorBrowser folks cared about security they should switch to a Chromium based browser. The sandbox provided by
by ryuuchin 10y ago
This may be an unpopular opinion here but if the TorBrowser folks cared about security they should switch to a Chromium based browser. The sandbox provided by it would be robust and well tested as it's used in Chrome.
I don't see why the two objectives of having a secure browser and the privacy/anonymity provided by Tor have to be diametrically opposed. You can have both.
- cyphar 10y agoBecause removing all of the Google-related features from Chromium would be a very large task indeed. Quite a few people have discussed it within Tor (and IIRC some people started working on it) but it might not be as good of an idea as you might initially think.
- SparkyMcUnicorn 10y agoLike this? https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
- cyphar 10y agoThere is currently only one maintainer of that code, and there is this disclaimer in the readme: > DISCLAIMER: Although it is the top priority to eliminate bugs and privacy-invading code, there will be those that slip by due to the fast-paced growth and evolution of the Chromium project.