Hi, lvfk19 via Tails-dev: > I’ve noticed a problem that started right when your Tor Connection utility > came out (~ 4.20), and I hope you can ease my fears about it. > > Because I use a cellular hotspot for internet access, I need to be careful > about their monthly data limt. To that end, I have a habit of using your > System Monitor/Resources/Network History to monitor my “sent” and “received” > data. As you may know, the data sent when browsing is normally just a small > fraction of data received, maybe 10%. > > MYSTERY: Ever since you launched the Tor Connection utility, every page I > visit with Tor Browser adds that data count to both the “received” AND “sent” > totals… as if a copy of all I view is being sent to a third party. For > example, if I visit Amazon.com and browse 46.3 Mb worth of pages, then > exactly 46.3 Mb of data is ALSO added to the outgoing data total. Why?? I am > very concerned as to why my incoming data would need to be mirrored ANYWHERE, > and am hoping you can tell me why I should not be worried about it. I’ve been > using Tails for years and Tor Browser has never acted this way before, and > fyi the Unsafe Browser is not affected by this, only Tor. As a work-around, > I’ve been using Tails 4.19 to avoid the apparent “mirroring”.
Most likely you are experiencing this bug: https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18490 See also: https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18488 -- cbrownstein
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