#21555: Twitter like button not working on 6.5 -------------------------------------------------+------------------------- Reporter: isabela | Owner: | arthuredelstein Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: High | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: fixed Keywords: tbb-usability-website, | Actual Points: TorBrowserTeam201703R | Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: -------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
Comment (by cypherpunks): Replying to [comment:18 isis]: > Replying to [comment:4 gk]: > > Could someone with Twitter presence double-check that this is not a 6.5 regression by trying to hit the like buttons with 6.0.8? > > With `network.cookie.cookieBehavior` set to 1 on 6.0.8, both retweets and likes are broken. Setting the pref to 0 fixes it. It is disconcerting that isis posted a workaround (danke!) six weeks ago but didn't mention the downsides to this workaround (nicht danke!). Now that this is due to be fixed tomorrow (according to https://twitter.com/torproject/status/852640132054360064 anyway) I wonder how many twitter+tor users have forgotten all about this and will permanently leave their `cookieBehavior` set to `0`. For anybody reading this ticket who doesn't realize: setting `cookieBehavior` to `0` means that Tor Browser will send 3rd party cookies; eg if you're logged into twitter it will make it so that viewing randomwebsite.com with a "tweet" button will inform twitter that you went to that website (even if you don't click the button). I think it is a bit irresponsible of isis to recommend this workaround here without informing users of the risks. It seems certain that many people will now leave this setting changed, which negates one of big benefits of using Tor Browser. Maybe a Tor Browser upgrade should fix the damage done by this advice (and force the setting back to `1`)? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21555#comment:21> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online _______________________________________________ tor-bugs mailing list tor-bugs@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs