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Important Note: Tor browser isn't truly private as it connects to Firefox services on start-up, even if you disable all options that require these. (Unlike zero
by webmobdev 4y ago
Important Note: Tor browser isn't truly private as it connects to Firefox services on start-up, even if you disable all options that require these. (Unlike zero telemetry / "no automated connections" browsers like the Orion browser - https://browser.kagi.com/ https://browser.kagi.com/ - or the PaleMoon browser - http://www.palemoon.org/ http://www.palemoon.org/ that actually do respect your browser settings).
This seems deliberate as no attempts have been made to fix this despite repeated highlighting of this issue online by many concerned users.
(I haven't verified if the Mullvad browser has the same problem).
- josephcsible 4y agoDo you have any evidence to back up this claim?
- webmobdev 4y ago- Tor Browser 11.0.4-11.0.6 phoning home: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40788 https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-... - Bug: Tor Browser 11.0.9 tries to connect to firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com on startup: https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/23114/bug-tor-browser-11-0-9-tries-to-connect-to-firefox-settings-services-mozilla-co https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/23114/bug-tor-browse... - Tor Browser phoning home to "firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com": https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-browser-phoning-home-to-firefox-settings-services-mozilla-com/4450 https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-browser-phoning-home-to-f...