Dear Torbutton author/maintainer/overall nice guy: Torbutton -
a. User Agent When googling for Torbutton's UA, the results are uncommon compared to googling for a MSIE UA. I'm not proposing a switch away from the Firefox UA in favor of a MSIE UA, however the current Torbutton UA, using an outdated Fire- fox string, should be frowned upon. Indeed, I wonder whether or not the "rv" and "gecko" bits to the UA string should be disposed of for Torbutton use. What use are they other than standing out even further from other UA strings? Not every tor user uses Torbutton and it's reasonable to assume if they (most others) use Firefox they're using a current version, a version with a much fresher UA string than I've noticed in two Torbutton releases. Maybe the Torbutton author forgot to update the UA string, should he follow my proposal below he won't have to concern himself with this any longer. I propose: The Torbutton author enable the option of personal customization of the UA string and a few default UA strings to choose from. In doing so this would remove the need (or want) of the user to use another browser extension for changing the UA since this would be a feature of Torbutton. It's easier to argue around the point than introduce this feature, so we'll see what happens with this proposal. As I mention in my other thread, "Firefox and Tor? Forget about it!!" I'm moving away from Firefox and extensions so whether or not the Torbutton author follows this suggestion it won't factor into my future tor use, my concern is largely for other tor/Torbutton users. b. Cookies Management Proposal: Add an option within torbutton to disable cookies. There is no option to disable cookies in torbutton (while you may do so within Firefox's privacy options, within Torbutton it states if you select the option to manage cookies yourself it's dangerous (or could be?), what of a new option to safely disable cookies? Or, is it safe to disable cookies while choosing the dangerous listed option of managing them yourself? Thank you *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected] with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
