Tor Browser 10 released

Sicherheit[German]The developers of the Tor bundle have released Tor Browser 10 as a bundle on September 22, 2020. I just got the update delivered automatically.


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It is a new development branch which is based on Firefox 78.3.0esr according to the release notes. Here are the changes from the change log.

  • Windows + OS X + Linux
    • Update Firefox to 78.3.0esr
    • Update Tor to 0.4.4.5
    • Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.25
      • Bug 32174: Replace XUL <textbox> with <html:input></html:input></textbox>
      • Bug 33890: Rename XUL files to XHTML
      • Bug 33862: Fix usages of createTransport API
      • Bug 33906: Fix Tor-Launcher issues for Firefox 75
      • Bug 33998: Use CSS grid instead of XUL grid
      • Bug 34164: Tor Launcher deadlocks during startup (Firefox 77)
      • Bug 34206: Tor Launcher button labels are missing (Firefox 76)
      • Bug 40002: After rebasing to 80.0b2 moat is broken
      • Translations update
    • Update NoScript to 11.0.44
      • Bug 40093: Youtube videos on safer produce an error
    • Translations update
    • Bug 10394: Let Tor Browser update HTTPS Everywhere
    • Bug 11154: Disable TLS 1.0 (and 1.1) by default
    • Bug 16931: Sanitize the add-on blocklist update URL
    • Bug 17374: Disable 1024-DH Encryption by default
    • Bug 21601: Remove unused media.webaudio.enabled pref
    • Bug 30682: Disable Intermediate CA Preloading
    • Bug 30812: Exempt about: pages from Resist Fingerprinting
    • Bug 31918+33533+40024+40037: Rebase Tor Browser esr68 patches for ESR 78
    • Bug 32612: Update MAR_CHANNEL_ID for the alpha
    • Bug 32886: Separate treatment of @media interaction features for desktop and android
    • Bug 33534: Review FF release notes from FF69 to latest (FF78)
    • Bug 33697: Use old search config based on list.json
    • Bug 33721: PDF Viewer is not working in the safest security level
    • Bug 33734: Set MOZ_NORMANDY to False
    • Bug 33737: Fix aboutDialog.js error for Firefox nightlies
    • Bug 33848: Disable Enhanced Tracking Protection
    • Bug 33851: Patch out Parental Controls detection and logging
    • Bug 33852: Clean up about:logins to not mention Sync
    • Bug 33856: Set browser.privatebrowsing.forceMediaMemoryCache to True
    • Bug 33862: Fix usages of createTransport API
    • Bug 33867: Disable password manager and password generation
    • Bug 33890: Rename XUL files to XHTML
    • Bug 33892: Add brandProductName to brand.dtd and brand.properties
    • Bug 33962: Uplift patch for bug 5741 (dns leak protection)
    • Bug 34125: API change in protocolProxyService.registerChannelFilter
    • Bug 40001: Generate tor-browser-brand.ftl when importing translations
    • Bug 40002: Remove about:pioneer
    • Bug 40002: Fix generateNSGetFactory being moved to ComponentUtils
    • Bug 40003: Adapt code for L10nRegistry API changes
    • Bug 40005: Initialize the identity UI before setting up the circuit display
    • Bug 40006: Fix new identity for 81
    • Bug 40007: Move SecurityPrefs initialization to the StartupObserver component
    • Bug 40008: Style fixes for 78
    • Bug 40016: Update Snowflake to discover NAT type
    • Bug 40017: Audit Firefox 68-78 diff for proxy issues
    • Bug 40022: Update new icons in Tor Browser branding
    • Bug 40025: Revert add-on permissions due to Mozilla's 1560059
    • Bug 40036: Remove product version/update channel from #13379 patch
    • Bug 40038: Review RemoteSettings for ESR 78
    • Bug 40048: Disable various ESR78 features via prefs
    • Bug 40059: Verify our external helper patch is still working
    • Bug 40066: Update existing prefs for ESR 78
    • Bug 40066: Remove default bridge 37.218.240.34
    • Bug 40073: Disable remote Public Suffix List fetching
    • Bug 40073: Repack omni.ja to include builtin HTTPS Everywhere
    • Bug 40078: Backport patches for bug 1651680 for now
    • Bug 40082: Let JavaScript on safest setting handled by NoScript again
    • Bug 40088: Moat "Submit" button does not work
    • Bug 40090: Disable v3 add-on blocklist for now
    • Bug 40091: Load HTTPS Everywhere as a builtin addon
    • Bug 40102: Fix UI bugs in Tor Browser 10.0 alpha
    • Bug 40106: Cannot install addons in full screen mode
    • Bug 40109: Playing video breaks after reloading pages
    • Bug 40119: Enable v3 extension blocklisting again
  • Windows
    • Bug 33855: Don't use site's icon as window icon in Windows in private mode
    • Bug 40061: Omit the Windows default browser agent from the build
  • OS X
    • Bug 32252: Tor Browser does not display correctly in VMWare Fusion on macOS (mojave)
  • Build System
    • Windows + OS X + Linux
      • Bump Go to 1.14.7
      • Bug 31845: Bump GCC version to 9.3.0
      • Bug 34011: Bump clang to 9.0.1
      • Bug 34014: Enable sqlite3 support in Python
      • Bug 34390: Don't copy DBM libraries anymore
      • Bug 34391: Remove unused –enable-signmar option
      • Bug 40004: Adapt Rust project for Firefox 78 ESR
      • Bug 40005: Adapt Node project for Firefox 78 ESR
      • Bug 40006: Adapt cbindgen for Firefox 78 ESR
      • Bug 40037: Move projects over to clang-source
      • Bug 40026: Fix full .mar creation for esr78
      • Bug 40027: Fix incremental .mar creation for esr78
      • Bug 40028: Do not reference unset env variables
      • Bug 40031: Add licenses for kcp-go and smux.
      • Bug 40045: Fix complete .mar file creation for dmg2mar
      • Bug 40065: Bump debootstrap-image ubuntu_version to 20.04.1
      • Bug 40087: Deterministically add HTTPS Everywhere into omni.ja
    • Windows
      • Bug 34230: Update Windows toolchain for Firefox 78 ESR
      • Bug 40015: Use only 64bit fxc2
      • Bug 40017: Enable stripping again on Windows
      • Bug 40052: Bump NSIS to 3.06.1
      • Bug 40061: Omit the Windows default browser agent from the build
      • Bug 40071: Be explicit about no SEH with mingw-w64 on 32bit systems
      • Bug 40077: Don't pass –no-insert-timestamp when building Firefox
      • Bug 40090: NSIS 3.06.1 based builds are not reproducible anymore
    • OS X
      • Bug 34229: Update macOS toolchain for Firefox 78 ESR
      • Bug 40003: Update cctools version for Firefox 78 ESR
      • Bug 40018: Add libtapi project for cctools
      • Bug 40019: Ship our own runtime library for macOS
    • Linux
      • Bug 34359: Adapt abicheck.cc to deal with newer GCC version
      • Bug 34386: Fix up clang compilation on Linux
      • Bug 40053: Also create the langpacks tarball for non-release builds

The download is available here.


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