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Tor Browser 15.0 Anonymous Web Browser Is Out Based on Firefox 140 ESR Series

posted by janrinok on Friday October 31, @08:57PM   Printer-friendly
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An Anonymous Coward writes:

Tor Browser 15.0 is also the last major release of the anonymous web browser to support 32-bit Linux systems and older Android versions.

Tor Browser 15.0 has been released today by the Tor project as the latest stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and free web browser designed to protect yourself against tracking, surveillance, and censorship using the Tor anonymous network.

Based on the Mozilla Firefox 140 ESR (Extended Support Release) series, Tor Browser 15.0 introduces many upstream features that have been implemented in the past year, including support for vertical tabs, support for tab groups, and the new unified search button that lets users easily switch between search engines, search bookmarks or tabs, and access quick actions.

"Note that Tor Browser tabs are still private tabs, and will clear when you close the browser. This enforces a kind of natural tidiness in Tor Browser since each new session starts fresh – however for privacy-conscious power users, project managers, researchers, or anyone else who accumulates tabs frighteningly quickly, we hope these organizational improvements will give you a much needed productivity boost," said the devs.

For Android users, Tor Browser 15.0 introduces a screen lock as an extra layer of security for your browsing sessions and support for clearing your browsing session when Tor Browser is closed (just like on the desktop). Other than that, this release moves the blocking of the WebAssembly (a.k.a. Wasm) technology to NoScript, which is bundled with Tor Browser for managing JavaScript and other security features.

Tor Browser 15.0 is also the last major release of the anonymous web browser to support 32-bit Linux systems and older Android versions like Android 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0. Starting with Tor Browser 16.0, which should arrive in Q2 2026, 32-bit Linux systems will no longer be supported, nor Android devices running an OS prior to Android 8.0.

Check out the release announcement page for more details about the changes included in this new major Tor Browser update, which is available for download right now from the official website.

= Tor .onion announcement (requires Tor):
http://pzhdfe7jraknpj2qgu5cz2u3i4deuyfwmonvzu5i3nyw4t4bmg7o5pad.onion/new-release-tor-browser-150/

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 31, @11:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 31, @11:27PM (#1422963)

    I mean, you do see the conflict there, right?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 01, @12:58AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 01, @12:58AM (#1422972)

    When I see Tails (TOR) dropping support for 32-bit systems I realise my shit laptop really was that shit. Time to move on :o)

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by ShovelOperator1 on Saturday November 01, @07:34AM (1 child)

      by ShovelOperator1 (18058) on Saturday November 01, @07:34AM (#1422982)

      Good Luck, most of 64-bit notebooks contain a government backdoor called Intel Management Engine. Alternatively, You can find notebooks with early 64-bit AMD processors, like Turion X2. 80 degrees centigrade of CPU core is normal, as well as symbolic battery operating time. And You won't find any Linux GPU driver for these - Radeons are deprecated for modesetting (with no acceleration) and nVidias drivers are phased out in kernel 6.x.

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