#31575: Firefox is phoning home during start-up in Tor Browser based on ESR 68 -------------------------------------------------+------------------------- Reporter: gk | Owner: tbb- | team Type: defect | Status: | needs_information Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: ff68-esr, tbb-9.0-must-alpha, | Actual Points: TorBrowserTeam201909R | Parent ID: | Points: 1 Reviewer: | Sponsor: -------------------------------------------------+------------------------- Changes (by gk):
* status: needs_review => needs_information Comment: Replying to [comment:3 acat]: > Patch for review in https://github.com/acatarineu/tor- browser/commits/31575 (two commits). > > I investigated a bit where these requests where coming from, and all are from the newtab ActivityStream. The first ones (containing cfr-fxa) are done in [https://searchfox.org/mozilla- esr68/rev/5c4a430c9101024114854f47926fdfacc5502294/browser/components/newtab/lib/ASRouter.jsm#238 ASRouter.jsm], which calls [https://searchfox.org/mozilla- esr68/rev/5c4a430c9101024114854f47926fdfacc5502294/services/settings/RemoteSettingsClient.jsm#254 RemoteSettingsClient.jsm] and that does a bunch of fetches to sync. The snippets ones are coming from [https://searchfox.org/mozilla- esr68/rev/5c4a430c9101024114854f47926fdfacc5502294/browser/components/newtab/lib/ASRouter.jsm#170 ASRouter.jsm]. > > There are a bunch of `browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.*` prefs that probably we could use to disable these, but I opted for the simple solution of just not loading the `AboutNewTab.jsm` at all. That means it's not possible anymore to change the newtab page, so I also removed that option from the UI in the patch. Hrm. I am not sure we should strip users from easily adjusting their new tab experience. Would we solve this bug by just flipping the prefs? I guess that would still fix #30846 as well? What about #30662? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31575#comment:5> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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