** Description changed:

  [Impact]
  
  torbrowser-launcher does not have the ability to update to newer Tor.
  New downloads of updates through it fail to verify due to mismatched
  developer keys.
- 
  
  [Test Case]
  
  (1) Install torbrowser-launcher.
  (2) Attempt to start tor.
  (3) Tor will attempt to update and fail with a signature verification error.
  
- 
  [Regression Potential]
  
  Replacing the key to use for verification should have no impact on
  functionality, but older-signed versions of the tor browser tarball will
  fail to verify.  However, Tor devs are saying to use the new key
  anyways, so we should replace the key anyways.
+ 
+ [racb] We might have overlooked some case where the old key is still
+ required.
  
  ------
  ------
  
  [Original Bug Description]
  
  I'm working on Ubuntu 18.04 x86_64 (fully patched). I installed Tor
  using Apt. When I attempt to launch Tor I am in an endless loop of
  download/verify/verify-failed.
  
  The process at the moment is (1) Try to start Tor. (2) Tor downloads
  something. (3) Signature verification begins. (4) Signature verification
  fails. (5) Click "Start" to do it again.
  
  Clicking "Start" from the "signature verify failed" screen takes me back
  to the download. Ad infinitum.
  
  I have to go to a Windows machine to use Tor. I'd like to get the issue
  fixed on Ubuntu since it is my main workstation. This issue has been
  going on since about June 2018. I'm guessing someone does not realize
  something is broken.
  
  At this point I am willing to accept the bad signature so I can use the
  Tor browser. I'm ready for the 6 month DoS to end.
  
  Screenshots available at https://superuser.com/q/1511112/173513.
  
  -----
  
  Ubuntu version:
  
  $ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
  Release:    18.04
  Codename:   bionic
  
  And Tor package:
  
  $ apt list --installed | grep -w -i tor
  
  tor/bionic,now 0.3.2.10-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  tor-geoipdb/bionic,bionic,now 0.3.2.10-1 all [installed,automatic]
  ---
  ProblemType: Bug
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-11-20 (28 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 
(20190805)
  Package: tor 0.3.2.10-1
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-37.40~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21
  Tags:  bionic
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-37-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  ---
  ProblemType: Bug
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-11-20 (28 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 
(20190805)
  Package: tor 0.3.2.10-1
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-37.40~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21
  Tags:  bionic
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-37-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:
  
  _MarkForUpload: True

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