#33357: Add option to remove addresses from window/tab titles
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Reporter: juannelly | Owner: antonela
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Component: UX
Version: | Severity: Normal
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I would like to see a new feature where the user can uncheck a box to have
the title/address removed from the window/tab title.
Some employers, especially in Europe, allow employees to browse privately
but do scan EXE names and window titles to protect against malware that
may be run. If I'm browsing a website on "Prostate Cancer", the title of
my browser changes to "WebMd Prostate Cancer" or something like that.
Configuration management products and vulnerability scanners will notice
that and record it. Now my employer knows I've got prostate cancer.
2nd use case would be in the case of OS beta testers. A lot of telemetry
is turned on during beta/early adoption. Even if I browse with Tor on my
home machine, the OS vendor knows the names of the websites I've browsed
to by the title of the window. As that telemetry gets submitted to the OS
vendor, they now know of my health problems or adult extracurriculars.
If I could tell Tor that in ultimate privacy mode the window title never
gets that information in the first place, then neither my employer nor my
OS vendor gets this information. Boom, most private browser ever.
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