On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Mike Cardwell <t...@lists.grepular.com> wrote: > I just blogged about a general security issue in Thunderbird which may > also affect people who are using Tor: > > https://grepular.com/Security_Bug_Thunderbird_Websites_Tabs > > Basically, an email can be crafted such that when you click a link in > that email it is opened within a Thunderbird tab instead of in your > usual (potentially torified) web browser. Bypassing any other defenses > you might also have, including NoScript etc.
I'd be curious to know if this still works if you have TorBirdy [1] installed. TorBirdy is a Thunderbird extension which configures the software to make connections over the Tor network. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/torbirdy/ -- Runa A. Sandvik -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk