#22541: Support for Tor Browser without Tor? ------------------------------------------+---------------------- Reporter: nido | Owner: tbb-team Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Severity: Normal | Keywords: Actual Points: | Parent ID: Points: | Reviewer: Sponsor: | ------------------------------------------+---------------------- Even without Tor, Tor Browser offers better protection from online tracking than Firefox, Google Chrome/Chromium or Microsoft Edge, especially against fingerprinting, right?
It ~~is~~ was (see #5236) easy to disable Tor in Tor Browser so as to use it as the default clearnet browser, as... * described here: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tor_Browser_without_Tor * and here: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tor_Browser_without_Tor * discussed here: https://forums.whonix.org/t/todo-research-and-document- how-to-use-tor-browser-for-security-not-anonymity-how-to-use-tbb-using- clearnet/3822 * and here: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tbb- dev/2017-April/000508.html What would you think about releasing and/or supporting a version of Tor Browser without Tor? Why would this not be a good idea? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22541> 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