Tor 10.0.18 prevent probing installed applications

Sicherheit[German]The developers of Tor Bundle have released version 10.0.18 of Tor Browser on June 21, 2021. This update is supposed to fix numerous bugs as well as a vulnerability that allows tracking the user.


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According to this announcement from the project, this version updates Tor to 0.4.5.9 and includes important security fixes. Also, on Android, this release updates Firefox to 89.1.1 and NoScript to 11.2.8, which includes important security updates for Firefox for Android. The update changed the following: 

  • All Platforms
    • Update Tor to 0.4.5.9
  • Android
    • Update Fenix to 89.1.1
    • Update NoScript to 11.2.8
    • Bug 40055: Rebase android-componets patches on 75.0.22 for Fenix 89
    • Bug 40165: Announce v2 onion service deprecation on about:tor
    • Bug 40166: Hide "Normal" tab (again) and Sync tab in TabTray
    • Bug 40167: Hide "Save to Collection" in menu
    • Bug 40169: Rebase fenix patches to fenix v89.1.1
    • Bug 40170: Error building tor-browser-89.1.1-10.5-1
    • Bug 40432: Prevent probing installed applications
    • Bug 40470: Rebase 10.0 patches onto 89.0
  • Build System
    • Android
      • Bug 40290: Update components for mozilla89-based Fenix

Tor Browser is available for Windows, macOSX and Linux via the download page for free for the mentioned platforms. 


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