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Tor Browser Bundle 8.0 (TBB) sends OS+kernel+TOTAL_PING_COUNT in update queries to Mozilla
- Tails 3.9, which ships with TBB 8.0, is also affected.
User report:[1]
https://blog.torproject.org/comment/277375#comment-277375Sanitize the add-on blocklist update URL
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16931related, old, closed ticket (unresolved):
TBB-Firefox sends OS+kernel in update queries to Mozilla
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6734[1]: "TBB-Firefox sends Linux kernel version in extensions blocklist update queries to Mozilla. 6 years old ticket closed https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6734 without fix this privacy issue.
From Ubuntu 18.04.1 LiveCD
/v1/blocklist/3/%7Bec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384%7D/60.2.0/Firefox/20180204030101/Linux_x86_64-gcc3/en-US/release/Linux 4.15.0-29-generic (GTK 3.22.30 libpulse 11.1.0)/default/default/1/1/new/""about:config
extensions.blocklist.url""Also it send TOTAL_PING_COUNT to tell mozilla how many days you use TBB."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 26 2018, @11:25AM (1 child)
You picked a bad example there, while that might have been an event of some import to you, to some of us out here it means less than nothing.
1. Pope John Paul II: Despite (or, because of) having had to suffer a Catholic education, and half my family being Catholic, I'm an atheist...I can't even tell you which this one was (the one that got poisoned?, the CIA pope?) without Googling the bugger(sic?).
2. told Catholics: So why do you think that anyone who doesn't drink that particular brand of Sky Fairy Kool-Aid (see 1) cared about what he said about anything?
3. Madonna simulated masturbation: Ah, Madonna, that would be 80's pop music, wouldn't it?...nope, sorry, of no interest then or now. (FWIW, I prefer my blonde pop star 'skank' to be a nice mid 70's vintage Debbie Harry)
4. Did you not see the news or do you not remember?: To a lot of us, the antics of a pop star and the subsequent witterings of a Grand Poobah sky pilot on said antics weren't of any interest in the first place, let alone worth remembering...and some of us can remember back to the 60's thank you very much...
But yeah, got what you intended to mean, but bad example...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 27 2018, @02:22AM
No, it's a great example. Madonna was touring mere months before the Web began. You can't appreciate that fact because you're a elitist bigot.
Pope John Paul II was pope for 26 years and was pope when The World Wide Web was invented. Madonna is the highest grossing solo touring artist of all time. These people are public figures. You are expected to know who they are.
I'm not Catholic but I sure know who the pope is (Pope Francis now in case you haven't noticed). I don't listen to Madonna but I sure know who she is (still singing in case you haven't noticed).
The Blonde Ambition World Tour ended in August 1990, and the first World Wide Web browser was released in December 1990. If you set your time machine for September 1990 you can enjoy three blissful months while Madonna is not on tour and the web won't exist yet.
Since you hate popular music, and you also hate popular religious objections to.popular musicians, you must also hate how the popularity of the web led to the popularity of the internet. During those few good old days of 1990 the entire internet can be yours alone, dear elitist bigot.
Congratulations for being an old crotchety asshole. You're a perfect fit for SoylentNews. SoylentNews is old people. Just like you.