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Some Tor Privacy Settings Coming to Firefox

posted by janrinok on Wednesday July 06 2016, @03:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the every-little-bit-helps dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

While the Tor browser is based on Firefox ESR, it is modified with additional privacy and security settings to protect users of the browser while using the program. Considering that Tor browser is used by some in critical situations, whistleblowing, publishing news or communication, it is only natural that a stronger focus on privacy and security is necessary.

Mozilla acknowledges these modifications, and plans to integrate some of them in Firefox natively. In fact, the company has already begun to integrate some in Firefox, and plans to integrate others in the future.

Tor-specific privacy settings are often not suitable for Firefox's mainstream audience. That's why you need to enable these settings manually in Firefox before they become available.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 06 2016, @05:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 06 2016, @05:10PM (#370773)

    Completely pointless as long as the DOJ can backdoor Firefox and refuse to release the exploit.

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday July 06 2016, @05:41PM

    by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Wednesday July 06 2016, @05:41PM (#370803) Journal

    Completely pointless as long as the $AGENCY can backdoor $SOFTWARE and refuse to release the exploit.

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